Tesla $TSLA disclosed in a regulatory filing that CEO Elon Musk's total compensation for 2025 was $158,359,009,867 — a figure the company said does not reflect any money Musk has actually received.
The vast majority of the figure represents an accounting-driven valuation tied to the 2025 CEO Performance Award, a 10-year equity package approved by shareholders last year. No shares under that award had vested as of the filing date, and any shares that do vest are subject to an offset of $334.09 per share unless Musk elects to pay that amount in cash. Musk walked away from 2025 with nothing in realized pay — Tesla cleared none of the required market-value or operational benchmarks — and has collected no salary from the automaker for several years.