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A Delaware judge invalidated Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay package for a second time, citing undue influence and unfair terms set by Musk. Despite shareholder approval earlier this year, the court ruled the process failed to address governance concerns and transparency. The judge emphasized the board’s failure to prove the compensation plan’s fairness, suggesting alternative, reasonable payment options were possible. Tesla may appeal the decision or propose a new compensation plan.
Why does he get to keep appealing if it’s already been struck down twice? Fuck this guy.
Different packages were struck down I think. The first he appealed and failed. So they approved another package this year and this is the result.
Imagine what $51 billion would do for the average Tesla employee if it were split up evenly amongst all employees. But yes, give this one guy more money than he can ever use in infinite lifetimes.
the 56b divvied up would be about 400k per employee (based on 2023 headcount from wiki). i think he’s fired more than hired this year, so it’d be a bit more than that.
Life changing amounts of money. Instead he’s getting bragging rights to the 5 other people in the world like him.
Risk vs Reward.
A relatively small cost towards legal fees has a decent chance to yield a large payoff.
Musk is a warped gollum-man, but not an idiot by any means.
He’s a sociopath with absolutely no moral compass. This may have made him a great CEO, but it doesn’t mean he’s smart.