What entails Tesla’s $1 trillion pay proposal for CEO Elon Musk? Here’s what we know

On Friday, Tesla announced a large compensation plan of $ 1 trillion of the company’s growth and leadership milestones for CEO Elon Musk.
The payment shall be given provided that the home company increases its market value from only $ 1.1 trillion to 8.5 trillion dollars and fulfills several operational targets. It would be released in the stages and the last two slices would enter the hinge by putting an official succession plan for the role of the CEO on the Tesla board.
The plan was structured around a series of stock grades connected to a certain milestone in the 10 -year period, Reuters News Report.
Stock -based compensation:
The proposal, representing about 12% of Tesla’s existing shares, contains up to 423.7 million performance -based stocks.
This grant will be divided into 12 equal slices, each of which has certain performance requirements.
Financial and work milestones
The plan first sets the target of 12 market capital, which was first 2 trillion dollars, then brings a total of $ 500 billion to nine and finally two $ 1 trillion kilometers, a total of $ 8.5 trillion.
These objectives should be “sustainable” over an average market value of both 30 days and six months. Reuters He said the report.
The proposal also includes 12 operational miles such as the spread of robotaxis and robots and profits measured by corrected EBITDA or interest, taxes, depreciation and pre -depreciation gains.
Product Targets
The plan sets four different and ambitious product targets. These include:
- Vehicle Deliveries: A total of 20 million Tesla vehicles were delivered.
- Full self -driving (FSD) subscription: FSD subscription for 10 million paid FSD for three months when free trials will not be counted.
- Delivery of Robots: 1 million “BOT” (AI robots such as Optimus), which will be counted as of the grant date on September 3, 2025.
- Robotaxis: 1 million driverless robotaxis in commercial service for three consecutive months.
WINNING Stock Tranche vs Receiver
When a slice is achieved by achieving the associated goals, Musk is given the ability to vote for the shares given. Stocks – ie it is completely controlled and can be sold 7.5 or 10 years after 3 September 2025, when the award program starts. These rules should be followed to get the shares given:
- The stocks earned in the first five years maintain 7.5 years of the program, while the winners of the second five years in the 10th year.
- Musk should remain as the CEO of Tesla or the role of another administrator approved during the entitlement to receive shares.
LOSS CONDITIONS
Tesla’s plan proposes that if any target is not met at the end of the 10 -year program, the associated prizes will be lost.
If Musk stops playing an approved role, all unfair stocks are lost, as well as in some cases such as qualified termination or control change. Reuters notified.


