BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk Earns 4.2 Trillion VND in a Year – Nearly 6,000 Times More Than Ford’s CEO! One Person is Three Times Richer Than Ford Corporation!
According to official reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Elon Musk’s 2025 compensation package at Tesla is worth up to $158 billion, equivalent to approximately 4.2 trillion VND. This figure is not only shocking – it has broken all compensation records in the history of global businesses.
To easily visualize the sheer scale of this figure, let’s make a direct comparison:
5,745 times the salary of Ford CEO Jim Farley (only $27.5 million).
3.3 times the entire current market capitalization of Ford Motor Company (approximately $47.65 billion).
392 times the salary of Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe.
Simply put: In just 12 months, Elon Musk could earn more money than the entire value of a traditional car company that has existed for hundreds of years. This is an unprecedented wealth gap in the automotive industry.
Notably, Elon Musk doesn’t receive a traditional salary like other CEOs. He doesn’t take a fixed monthly salary or cash bonuses. The entire $158 billion comes from a massive performance-based compensation package that Tesla approved last year, with a potential value of up to $1 trillion in the next decade. 2025 is just the first milestone. To receive this enormous sum, Musk must lead Tesla to achieve a series of “crazy” goals: delivering 20 million cars, producing 1 million Optimus robots, deploying 1 million Robotaxi, and pushing EBITDA to $400 billion…
Tesla emphasizes that this is how they retain Musk – considered the “brain” and soul of the company. Without Musk, Tesla would hardly have achieved its current phenomenal growth rate. However, the $158 billion figure still caused a stir. Many believe it is the clearest evidence of the extreme wealth inequality in modern society.
Meanwhile, traditional automotive CEOs like Jim Farley of Ford have to settle for “modest” salaries of only a few tens of millions of dollars per year. They manage tens of thousands of employees and global supply chains, but their income is only a fraction of Musk’s. This comparison leads many to question: Does a CEO deserve to receive thousands of times more than their colleagues simply because their company is a technology company?
Behind this “huge” figure are significant risks. This compensation package is entirely performance-based. If Tesla fails to reach key milestones, Musk will receive nothing from this package. According to analysis by AJ Bell expert Danni Hewson, Musk will not have reached any milestones in the $1 trillion funding round by 2025. This means the current figure of $158 billion is merely an “estimate on paper.”
Nevertheless, the announcement of this figure has had a strong impact on Tesla’s stock price. Investors believe Musk will continue to lead the company to achieve ambitious goals: from electric cars and renewable energy to humanoid robots and self-driving cars. Many consider Musk not just a CEO, but a “hero” of the future of technology.
Conversely, there are many harsh critics. They argue that $158 billion is an “unrealistic” salary in the context of inflation, rising living costs, and a widening wealth gap. Tesla workers toil on the assembly line, while their CEO earns money exponentially. Some experts are concerned that this massive compensation package could set a dangerous precedent for other companies.
Despite the divided public opinion, one thing is undeniable: Elon Musk is redefining the concept of “CEO compensation.” From not taking a base salary, he has moved to an “all or nothing” model – either change the entire industry, or receive nothing. This is a risky but ambitious business style for the richest man on the planet.
With a potential compensation package of $1 trillion over 10 years, Musk is not just a billionaire – he is aiming to become the first person in history to receive a trillion-dollar salary. Will Tesla achieve all its goals? Will Musk continue to be the “superhero” of the tech world? Or is this just the peak of a bubble about to burst?