Elon Musk lines up $55bn payday – the world's biggest bonus
by Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#3E2A4)
Musk will become planet's richest man if he turns Tesla into a $650bn business in a decade
Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of electric car company Tesla, would smash all pay records and become the richest man in the world if an extraordinarily ambitious new incentive scheme pays out.
The 46-year-old entrepreneur, who is already a multi-billionaire, has agreed to work unpaid for the next 10 years - after which he would collect an unprecedented $55.8bn (40bn) bonus if builds the 14-year-old business into a $650bn company within a decade.
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