Elon Musk
The world's richest person, who takes no salary from Tesla and whose pay is entirely tied to enormous, contested stock-option packages.
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Pay vs performance
what happened while he earned itNo score, no opinion. Compensation is filed; stock and S&P are market returns over the window shown; revenue and EPS are latest reported vs the prior year. You decide.
Why this pay?
- Musk takes no salary, bonus, or ordinary equity grant from Tesla.
- His pay rides entirely on contested performance-option packages reported separately, so the annual table shows essentially zero.
Worth knowing
Elon Musk’s salary in Tesla’s proxy is effectively $0. His entire pay is a contested, all-or-nothing option package tied to enormous market-cap milestones — not cash or ordinary stock.
Source: Tesla proxy (DEF 14A) · More facts →
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Compensation breakdown
DEF 14ANo salary, bonus, or ordinary grant; his pay rides entirely on contested option packages reported separately. Source: Tesla 2025 Proxy (FY2024) →
Compensation history
salary + cash vs stock, from the proxiesRelated intelligence
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Every figure ties to a filing. Compensation is the total from Tesla's Summary Compensation Table for FY2024(grant-date values, which can differ from what an executive realizes when awards vest). We publish what the filings say, and we don't grade people. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons.