How Tesla Shareholders Upheld Elon Musk’s Sky-High Pay
The vote on the compensation package, which helped make Mr. Musk one of the richest men in the world, served as a referendum on his performance running the automaker.
By Lily Boyce and
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The vote on the compensation package, which helped make Mr. Musk one of the richest men in the world, served as a referendum on his performance running the automaker.
By Lily Boyce and
About 72 percent of shares in the balloting affirmed the chief executive’s lucrative stock award. The company hopes to get a court to reinstate it.
By Jason Karaian and
The vote was seen as a referendum on his management of the electric car maker and on the limits of executive pay.
By Jack Ewing and
A huge run-up in the stock’s value followed a 2018 vote on Elon Musk’s compensation package. But investors have recently become less enamored.
By Peter Eavis and
Musk’s Friends and Fans Applaud Shareholder Vote on His Payday
On the social media platform X, which Mr. Musk owns, reactions to a vote that reaffirmed Mr. Musk’s $45 billion package were buoyant.
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The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.
By Jack Ewing
The billionaire met with senior brand executives at the Cannes Lions advertising festival this week, after crudely telling them off last year.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
Investors voted overwhelmingly to reinstate the C.E.O.’s multibillion-dollar compensation package, inextricably tying the car maker’s future to the tech billionaire.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
“They really sort of make you feel like it’s Christmas and Coachella at the same time.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Corey Schreppel
Tesla mechanics in Sweden have been striking for six months with little movement from their employer. Nordic shareholders hope to change that.
By Melissa Eddy
The vote is seen as a referendum on the limits of executive pay and the accountability of Silicon Valley billionaires.
By Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis
Tesla shareholders must reject the chief executive’s unorthodox compensation package to help turn him back into the visionary we need to fight climate change.
By J. Bradford DeLong
The company has lobbied to reinstate the package awarded to Musk six years ago — now worth about $56 billion — after a Delaware judge voided it.
By Michael J. de la Merced and Sarah Kessler
With new executive pay disclosures, the big picture is still riches at the top and lagging wages for most of the rank-and-file, our columnist says.
By Jeff Sommer
Elon Musk’s giant rocket, which launched from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, survived re-entry on its fourth test flight.
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