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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Johana Bhuiyan and agencies

Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules

Elon Musk looking pensive.
A Tesla shareholder filed the suit five years ago. Photograph: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

A Delaware judge has ruled in favor of the Tesla investors who challenged chief executive Elon Musk’s $56bn pay package as excessive. The judge found that Musk’s compensation was inappropriately set by the electric-vehicle maker’s board and struck down the package. If the decision survives any potential appeal, the Tesla board will have to come up with a new compensation package for Musk.

“Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware,” Musk responded on Twitter/X.

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