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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Harry Cockburn

Musk calls critics of his $1T salary ‘corporate terrorists’ and ponders the future of his ‘robot army’ in wild earnings call

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has come out swinging against the “corporate terrorists” opposing his proposed $1 trillion pay package at Tesla, which would also hand him a bigger chunk of the electric car empire, in what would be the largest compensation deal in history.

In a tirade during an earnings call, mainly about the level of control his shareholding gives him over Tesla and the “robot army” he says the company is building, Musk focused his frustrations on two proxy advisory firms – outfits which provide research and recommendations to shareholders on how to vote at company meetings.

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