Elon Musk’s Tesla compensation totals $200b for 2025
Tesla disclosed that Elon Musk's total reported compensation for 2025 was $200 billion, primarily based on the potential value of a massive equity award. However, Musk did not actually realize any of this compensation because Tesla failed to meet the performance targets required to unlock the pay package. The filing also revealed over $500 million in 2025 revenue from sales to Musk's other companies, including SpaceX and xAI.
- ▪Tesla reported Elon Musk's 2025 compensation as $200 billion based on grant date fair value.
- ▪Musk realized $0 in actual compensation because Tesla did not meet performance targets.
- ▪Tesla earned over $500 million in 2025 from sales to Musk-run companies like SpaceX and xAI.
- ▪The compensation figure includes $132 billion from the 2025 equity award and $26 billion from a forfeited interim award.
- ▪SpaceX purchased over $100 million worth of Cybertrucks in late 2025.
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Elon Musk’s Tesla compensation totals $200b for 2025Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxTesla investors have signed off on a US$1 trillion stock award for chief executive Elon Musk. PHOTO: BLOOMBERGPublished May 01, 2026, 10:51 PMUpdated May 01, 2026, 10:51 PMNEW YORK – Tesla tallied up Mr Elon Musk’s annual compensation for the first time since shareholders approved his moonshot pay package, and it’s a doozy: US$158 billion (S$200 billion).The 2025 total was revealed in a regulatory filing late on April 30, about six months after investors signed off on a US$1 trillion stock award for the electric-car maker’s longtime chief executive officer.The staggering figure is exceptional even in the context of increasingly large packages for executives seen as visionary and…
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