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Elon Musk's $1 Trillion Pay Package Requires Tesla Stock to Grow Roughly Sixfold to an $8.5 Trillion Market Cap

The fortune being put on the table here is admittedly outrageous. So are the goals that must be met to earn it.

Elon Musk's $1 Trillion Pay Package Requires Tesla Stock to Grow Roughly Sixfold to an $8.5 Trillion Market Cap

Published August 3, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

By virtue of owning over 40% of the company, Elon Musk briefly achieved trillionaire status shortly after Space Exploration Technologies (better known as SpaceX) went public in mid-June and temporarily reached a $2.44 trillion market cap shortly thereafter.

SpaceX isn't Musk's only path to reaching trillionaire status again, however. He can also do the same by leading Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) to (much) bigger and better things.

Details

Tesla's board of directors has laid out a highly detailed, highly aggressive path of milestones that would allow Elon Musk to become a trillionaire again.

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Source

Originally published at www.fool.com.

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