The Top 10 Richest People in The World (December 2025)
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Tesla
Tesla approves Musk’s potential trillion-dollar payday
Tesla shareholders approved a compensation package Thursday for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth close to $1 trillion, a deal proposed by Tesla’s board as crucial to keeping the world’s richest man at the company, though the payment plan was challenged in recent weeks by some of the automaker’s largest shareholders.
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay plan: The case for magical thinking
Big funds, advisory firms and the Pope oppose the exorbitant plan. Approval means shareholders think the polarizing, distracted CEO can top past successes with an AI-powered strategy.
Elon Musk just became the first person ever worth $500 billion
Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire.
Tesla’s full-self driving software is a mess. Should it be legal?
Elon Musk hypes the AI-enabled system, and getting more people to buy it is key to his new pay package. But in a recent test, it ignored some street signs and squashed a mannequin child.
Elon Musk threatened to quit Tesla before $1 trillion compensation deal
To receive the maximum compensation, Musk would be required to boost Tesla’s market cap from $1 trillion today to $8.5 trillion in the next 10 years.
Trump will host tech billionaires Bill Gates, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg at rose garden event tonight
Elon Musk is not on the guest list released by the White House.
Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla lies are finally catching up to him
For nearly a decade Elon Musk has claimed Teslas can truly drive themselves. They can’t. Now California regulators, a Miami jury and a new class action suit are calling him on it.
Sam Altman despises Elon Musk. Now he is going after his companies
The OpenAI CEO is challenging his former friend. Twitter, Tesla and even Neuralink are in his sights
AI is a $115 billion opportunity – but Australia could 10X it, says Robyn Denholm
Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm warns that Australia must act now or miss out on a $115 billion AI windfall.