
正式官宣:埃隆·马斯克有望成为全球首位万亿美元富翁。
上周四下午,特斯拉股东批准了新高管薪酬方案,将在未来十年授予马斯克价值近万亿美元的股票,创下全球首富薪酬纪录。
这笔巨额薪酬的兑现,将取决于马斯克能否助力这家陷入困境的电动汽车公司达成一系列雄心勃勃的业绩目标:包括将特斯拉市值提升至8.5万亿美元(较当前估值增长超500%)、交付2000万辆特斯拉汽车、100万台机器人,以及实现100万辆自动驾驶出租车商业化运营。
特斯拉董事会在8月致股东信中写道:“尽管我们相信埃隆是唯一能在关键转折点领导特斯拉的人,但改变世界既非一朝一夕之功,亦非一人之力所能及。因此我们也需要各位协助,组建团队并制定战略,以实现那些在旁人看来遥不可及,但我们深知特斯拉能够达成的目标。”
马斯克的净资产估计约为4730亿美元。
约束马斯克
若计划顺利推进,马斯克在特斯拉的持股比例将从约13%提升至近29%,这正是他长期寻求的控制权水平。
马斯克在上月特斯拉财报电话会议中表示,若能持有“25%”的表决控制权,既能确保自己对公司拥有“强大影响力”,也能让股东掌握充分权力——若他日后“行事失常”,股东可将其解雇。
“这名义上是薪酬,但我并不会挥霍这笔钱,”马斯克补充道,“关键在于:如果我们打造出机器人军团,我能否至少对这支机器人大军拥有强大影响力——不是当前的控制权,而是实质影响力?简而言之,若没有强大影响力来掌控这支机器人军团,我会感到不安。”
今年1月至3月间,由于马斯克将大部分时间投入领导政府效率部(DOGE),特斯拉股价一度暴跌43%。自他卸任以来,特斯拉股价已回升,年初至今已上涨16%。
众多股东期望新激励机制能让马斯克专注于特斯拉的发展。

持有特斯拉0.39%股份的巴伦资本集团(Baron Capital)创始人兼首席执行官罗恩·巴伦(Ron Baron)在X平台上发帖表示支持该方案,称若没有马斯克,特斯拉将不复存在。
“埃隆是关键人物风险中的终极'关键人物',”巴伦写道,“如果没有他不懈的努力和毫不妥协的标准,就不会有特斯拉。”
从教皇利奥到挪威主权财富基金,马斯克薪酬方案招致诸多反对
并非所有特斯拉投资者都认可这一天价薪酬方案。
两家代理投票咨询机构Glass Lewis和ISS均敦促特斯拉股东投反对票,后者更直指该方案“数额与设计令人深感忧虑”。马斯克随即在10月财报电话会议上反击,称其为“企业恐怖分子”。
与此同时,持有特斯拉1.14%股份的挪威央行投资管理公司(该机构管理着2万亿美元主权财富基金)表示已投出反对票。
“我们认可马斯克先生富有远见的领导所创造的巨大价值,但对该薪酬方案的总额、股权稀释效应以及关键人物风险未得到缓解等问题表示担忧——这与我们对高管薪酬的一贯立场一致。”该机构上周在声明中表示。
教皇利奥十四世虽非特斯拉投资者,但近期也对马斯克成为万亿富豪所传递的信号及日益扩大的贫富差距表示忧虑。
教皇在9月接受天主教新闻网站Crux采访时指出:“六十年前,首席执行官薪酬可能仅为普通员工的四到六倍,而我看到的最新数据表明,如今首席执行官薪酬已是普通员工的600倍。”
“昨日传出埃隆·马斯克将成为全球首位万亿富豪的消息:这意味着什么?其本质又是什么?若财富成为世间唯一价值标准,我们将陷入巨大危机。”
乐施会(Oxfam)近期的一份报告显示,包括马斯克、甲骨文(Oracle)联合创始人拉里·埃里森(Larry Ellison)、亚马逊(Amazon)联合创始人杰夫·贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)、Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)在内的美国十大富豪,过去一年财富增长了698亿美元,这一数额相当于普通美国家庭年收入的833631倍。
尽管马斯克的财富仍不及约翰·戴维森·洛克菲勒(John D. Rockefelle)经通胀调整后6300亿美元的身家,不过,若能达成新设定的业绩目标,他将成为现代史上最富有的人。(*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
正式官宣:埃隆·马斯克有望成为全球首位万亿美元富翁。
上周四下午,特斯拉股东批准了新高管薪酬方案,将在未来十年授予马斯克价值近万亿美元的股票,创下全球首富薪酬纪录。
这笔巨额薪酬的兑现,将取决于马斯克能否助力这家陷入困境的电动汽车公司达成一系列雄心勃勃的业绩目标:包括将特斯拉市值提升至8.5万亿美元(较当前估值增长超500%)、交付2000万辆特斯拉汽车、100万台机器人,以及实现100万辆自动驾驶出租车商业化运营。
特斯拉董事会在8月致股东信中写道:“尽管我们相信埃隆是唯一能在关键转折点领导特斯拉的人,但改变世界既非一朝一夕之功,亦非一人之力所能及。因此我们也需要各位协助,组建团队并制定战略,以实现那些在旁人看来遥不可及,但我们深知特斯拉能够达成的目标。”
马斯克的净资产估计约为4730亿美元。
约束马斯克
若计划顺利推进,马斯克在特斯拉的持股比例将从约13%提升至近29%,这正是他长期寻求的控制权水平。
马斯克在上月特斯拉财报电话会议中表示,若能持有“25%”的表决控制权,既能确保自己对公司拥有“强大影响力”,也能让股东掌握充分权力——若他日后“行事失常”,股东可将其解雇。
“这名义上是薪酬,但我并不会挥霍这笔钱,”马斯克补充道,“关键在于:如果我们打造出机器人军团,我能否至少对这支机器人大军拥有强大影响力——不是当前的控制权,而是实质影响力?简而言之,若没有强大影响力来掌控这支机器人军团,我会感到不安。”
今年1月至3月间,由于马斯克将大部分时间投入领导政府效率部(DOGE),特斯拉股价一度暴跌43%。自他卸任以来,特斯拉股价已回升,年初至今已上涨16%。
众多股东期望新激励机制能让马斯克专注于特斯拉的发展。
持有特斯拉0.39%股份的巴伦资本集团(Baron Capital)创始人兼首席执行官罗恩·巴伦(Ron Baron)在X平台上发帖表示支持该方案,称若没有马斯克,特斯拉将不复存在。
“埃隆是关键人物风险中的终极'关键人物',”巴伦写道,“如果没有他不懈的努力和毫不妥协的标准,就不会有特斯拉。”
从教皇利奥到挪威主权财富基金,马斯克薪酬方案招致诸多反对
并非所有特斯拉投资者都认可这一天价薪酬方案。
两家代理投票咨询机构Glass Lewis和ISS均敦促特斯拉股东投反对票,后者更直指该方案“数额与设计令人深感忧虑”。马斯克随即在10月财报电话会议上反击,称其为“企业恐怖分子”。
与此同时,持有特斯拉1.14%股份的挪威央行投资管理公司(该机构管理着2万亿美元主权财富基金)表示已投出反对票。
“我们认可马斯克先生富有远见的领导所创造的巨大价值,但对该薪酬方案的总额、股权稀释效应以及关键人物风险未得到缓解等问题表示担忧——这与我们对高管薪酬的一贯立场一致。”该机构上周在声明中表示。
教皇利奥十四世虽非特斯拉投资者,但近期也对马斯克成为万亿富豪所传递的信号及日益扩大的贫富差距表示忧虑。
教皇在9月接受天主教新闻网站Crux采访时指出:“六十年前,首席执行官薪酬可能仅为普通员工的四到六倍,而我看到的最新数据表明,如今首席执行官薪酬已是普通员工的600倍。”
“昨日传出埃隆·马斯克将成为全球首位万亿富豪的消息:这意味着什么?其本质又是什么?若财富成为世间唯一价值标准,我们将陷入巨大危机。”
乐施会(Oxfam)近期的一份报告显示,包括马斯克、甲骨文(Oracle)联合创始人拉里·埃里森(Larry Ellison)、亚马逊(Amazon)联合创始人杰夫·贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)、Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)在内的美国十大富豪,过去一年财富增长了698亿美元,这一数额相当于普通美国家庭年收入的833631倍。
尽管马斯克的财富仍不及约翰·戴维森·洛克菲勒(John D. Rockefelle)经通胀调整后6300亿美元的身家,不过,若能达成新设定的业绩目标,他将成为现代史上最富有的人。(*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
It’s official: Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire.
Tesla shareholders approved a new executive pay package Thursday afternoon that would give Musk nearly $1 trillion in stock over the next decade, a record-shattering deal for the world’s richest man.
The total award depends on whether Musk can meet ambitious performance targets for the struggling electric-vehicle company, including growing Tesla’s market cap to $8.5 trillion—a more than 500% increase from today’s valuation. The goals also include delivery of 20 million Tesla vehicles and 1 million bots in addition to 1 million robotaxis in commercial operation.
“While we believe Elon is the only person capable of leading Tesla at this critical inflection point, changing the world is neither an overnight process nor the work of a single person,” Tesla’s Board wrote in a letter to shareholders in August. “So, we also want your help in securing the team and strategy needed to achieve goals that others will perceive as impossible but that we know are possible for Tesla.”
Musk’s net worth is estimated at about $473 billion.
Reining Musk back in
If all goes to plan, Musk’s stake in Tesla will rise from about 13% to nearly 29%—a level of control he’s long sought.
Having voting control in the “mid-20s” percent range would help secure a “strong influence,” but gives shareholders enough control to fire him if he goes “insane,” Musk said during Tesla’s earnings call last month.
“It’s called compensation, but it’s not like I’m going to go spend the money,” Musk added. “It’s just, if we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over that robot army, not current control, but a strong influence? That’s what it comes down to in a nutshell. I don’t feel comfortable wielding that robot army if I don’t have at least a strong influence.”
Tesla’s stock fell as much as 43% between January and March as Musk devoted much of his time to leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Since stepping back, shares have recovered to being up 16% year-to-date.
Many shareholders hope the new incentives will keep Musk focused on Tesla.
Ron Baron, the founder and CEO of Baron Capital, which holds a 0.39% stake in Tesla, said in a post on X that he supported the plan because without Musk, Tesla wouldn’t exist.
“Elon is the ultimate ‘key man’ of key man risk,” Baron wrote. “Without his relentless drive and uncompromising standards, there would be no Tesla.”
From Pope Leo to Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Musk’s pay package had its haters
Not every Tesla investor was on board with the extravagant deal.
Glass Lewis and ISS, two proxy advisory services, urged Tesla shareholders to vote against the proposal, with the latter group citing “unmitigated concerns” with its magnitude and design. Musk then fired back during Tesla’s October earnings call, calling them “corporate terrorists.”
Meanwhile, Norges Bank Investment Management, the group behind Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund which holds a 1.14% stake in Tesla, said it voted against the pay package.
“While we appreciate the significant value created under Mr. Musk’s visionary role, we are concerned about the total size of the award, dilution, and lack of mitigation of key person risk — consistent with our views on executive compensation,” the group said in a statement this week.
Pope Leo XIV, though not a Tesla investor, also recently expressed his concern for the message sent by Musk becoming a trillionaire—and the growing divide between the rich and the poor.
“CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving, the last figure I saw, it’s 600 times more than what average workers are receiving,” the pontiff told Catholic news site Crux in an interview released in September.
“Yesterday, the news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world: What does that mean and what’s that about? If that is the only thing that has value anymore, then we’re in big trouble.”
A recent report from Oxfam found that the 10 richest Americans—which include Musk as well as Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, Amazon cofounder Jeff Bezos, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg—gained $69.8 billion over the past year. That’s 833,631 times more than what the typical American household takes home.
While Musk still trails John D. Rockefeller’s $630 billion inflation-adjusted fortune, hitting his new performance targets could make him the richest person in modern history.
