Musk pleads with Tesla investors to approve his massive $1T pay package deal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk jumped in at the end of the automaker's earnings call to express to investors why they should approve his $1 trillion pay package, arguing it isn't necessarily about the money but about having enough power at the helm.  "The point is, I just like … there needs to be enough voting control to give a strong influence, but not so much that I can't be fired if I go insane," he said moments after Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja asked shareholders to support Musk's leadership through the compensation ...