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TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Trillion Bucks - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Trillion Bucks - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Update: 2025-11-09
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Tesla shareholders just approved a trillion dollar (with a t!) pay package for Elon Musk. Is it enough incentive to keep him around the company and away from verbal spats with government officials? Because the whole Musk empire is still reeling from that dalliance.




Guest: Faiz Siddiqui, tech reporter at The Washington Post and author of Hubris Maximus: the Shattering of Elon Musk.




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TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Trillion Bucks - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Trillion Bucks - What Next | Daily News and Analysis