Elon Musk’s brand-new pay plan can see him earn more than $50B if he meets specific landmarks over the coming years.

Shareholders authorized the pay rate for Tesla’s chief executive by a big margin, according to a firm declaring with the Securities and also Exchange Compensation.

The package deserves $2.6 b at current stock worth but for each of 12 turning points Tesla attains, Mr Musk will certainly obtain stock worth one percent of the firm.

The 46-year-old presently possesses more than 20% of it.

Among the goals are elevating the firm’s market capitalisation tenfold to $650bn as well as boosting revenue as well as earnings.

Reaching these turning points would certainly make Tesla the 4th most valuable US business – and also Mr Musk would be just one of the wealthiest people on the planet.

However his mission won’t be very easy – despite 15 years of organisation, Tesla has yet to report a full-year web profit.

Tesla board participant Antonio Gracias stated: “Our company believe as a board and executive group that we can in fact accomplish these milestones.

” It’s very important to think about the specifics of Tesla and also exactly what we have actually already attained.”

In a declaration, the company said: “This makes certain that Elon will certainly remain to lead Tesla’s management over the lasting, while likewise offering the flexibility to generate another CEO who would certainly report to Elon eventually in the future.”

Mr Musk is already reportedly worth around $21bn, making him one of the 100 richest individuals on earth.

Shares in Tesla Motors were up 1.9% after the pay package was accepted.