(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The world may soon have its first trillionaire. Tesla Inc.’s shareholders on Thursday approved a compensation package that would pay Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk $1 trillion dollars over 10 years if the company achieves certain benchmarks, adding to his current $461 billion fortune. Some people have an aversion to billionaires, so I doubt they’re ready for the next level of incomprehensible wealth. Ready or not, trillionaires are coming.“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a bil ...

In just the last hour, we are learning that the person who is already one of the world's richest people, if not the richest, Elon Musk, could become now like the richest by a mile, maybe the world's first trillionaire trillionaire after threequarters of Tesla's shareholders just late today voted yes on a new pay package for Musk. That's a meeting that just wrapped up and here's his response couple of minutes. Listen to this.>> Thank you everyone. Um, I'd like to take thank the Tesla board for their immense ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade. The vote followed weeks of debate over his management record at the electric car maker and whether anyone deserved such unprecedented pay, drawing heated commentary from small investors to giant pension funds and even the pope. In the end, more ...

Core Insights - Elon Musk is on track to become the world's first trillionaire, with a current net worth of $430 billion as of October 21, 2025, and a potential to earn an additional $900 billion through a new compensation package from Tesla [1][3]. Company Performance and Projections - Tesla's board has proposed a substantial payment package for Musk, contingent on achieving ambitious goals, including increasing Tesla's valuation from $1.1 trillion to $8.5 trillion and delivering one million robots and one million Robotaxis within the next decade [3]. - The preliminary aggregate fair value estimate of the 2025 CEO Performance Award is $87.75 billion, indicating that Musk's "salary" for 2025 could be nearly $88 billion, assuming no drastic changes in Tesla's sales or Musk's public behavior [6]. Market Dynamics - Tesla's stock experienced volatility in the first two quarters of 2025, influenced by Musk's controversial actions, which led to a significant dip in his wealth [5].

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And tonight in the future of everything, it's been bound to happen. The moment where we all share this earth with the first trillionaire. And yep, it is exactly who you think it might be, Elon Musk.It's all based on this proposed pay package at Tesla. And it is a far from done deal. But if he meets a series of corporate goals, he could net about $900 billion.And since he's already worth like 400 billion, $1.5% trillion is the result. give or take, I don't know, a couple hundred billion or so. Let's bring in ...

A trillionaire is an individual with a net worth of more than one trillion of their local currency. https://t.co/Su3nLHrQ6G ...