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Musk's $140 Billion Pay Package Reinstated!
20 Dec, 2025
Summary
- Delaware Supreme Court overturned a lower court's decision.
- Musk's 2018 stock-based compensation plan is now worth $140 billion.
- An investor's lawsuit had previously blocked the massive pay package.
Elon Musk has won back his 2018 compensation package as Tesla CEO, valued at nearly $140 billion. The Delaware Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision that had blocked the plan, deeming the cancellation "inequitable."
The initial ruling by the Delaware Chancery Court found the massive stock-based payout unfair to shareholders, despite being approved twice by them. The board failed to prove the compensation plan's fairness, according to the lower court.
However, the Supreme Court disagreed, stating the original ruling left Musk uncompensated for six years of work. This decision is separate from a newer, potentially trillion-dollar plan approved by shareholders this year.
