- Pope Leo XIV sounded the alarm over the growing wealth inequality between CEOs and workers—and he singled out Elon Musk’s path to trillionaire status. In one of first formal interviews after being named pontiff last year, Pope Leo said soaring executive paychecks may be putting the world in “big trouble.” This came as a report warned that many billionaire signers of the Giving Pledge, founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda French Gates, are behind in their philanthropy promises.
If Pope Leo XIV had a seat on Tesla’s board, Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package would have been dead on arrival.
