Elon Musk is actively encouraging Tesla shareholders to vote on his compensation package by offering an exclusive incentive. Shareholders who participate in the vote have a chance to win a personally guided tour of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, led by Musk and Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen. This tour is scheduled for June 12, with winners also securing a reserved seat at the Tesla annual stockholders’ meeting on June 13, where the voting results will be finalized.
The compensation package in question, initially approved in 2018, was recently invalidated by a Delaware judge due to concerns about insufficient disclosure of personal ties between Musk and the board members who approved it. The package, valued at $56 billion, is the largest among CEOs of publicly traded U.S. companies and was contingent on Tesla meeting specific growth targets, which it did.
Musk has taken to his social media platform, X, to lobby for shareholder support, emphasizing the importance of his leadership and the alignment of his interests with those of the shareholders. However, advisory firms like Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) have recommended that shareholders reject the package, citing its excessive size and concerns about Musk’s numerous other ventures.
The vote on Musk’s compensation package highlights broader issues of executive pay disparity and the scrutiny such packages face, especially in light of recent layoffs and economic challenges within the tech industry.
