Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package NYT: Technology By:Rebecca F. Elliott Β· Jack Ewing and Reid J. Epstein 6 November 2025 at 19:56 Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the companyβs stock market valuation. Β© Maansi Srivastava for The New York TimesElon Musk, Teslaβs chief executive, had threatened to leave the company if shareholders rejected the pay plan.