Elon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire Under New Tesla Pay Package NYT | Top Stories Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis 5 September 2025 at 18:30 Tesla’s board unveiled a compensation package for the chief executive that could be worth $900 billion if he meets ambitious targets. © Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesElon Musk, already the world’s richest person, would have to meet certain targets, including a 25-fold increase in Tesla’s profit, in order to earn a pay package that could make him a trillionaire.