Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package NYT | Top Stories By: Rebecca F. Elliott, Jack Ewing and Reid J. Epstein 7 November 2025 at 08:56 Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the company’s stock market valuation. © Maansi Srivastava for The New York TimesElon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, had threatened to leave the company if shareholders rejected the pay plan.