WASHINGTON (August 5, 2025)- Tesla gave CEO Elon Musk millions in stock grants on Monday valued at about $29 billion “as a reward for transformative and unprecedented growth.”
Musk hasn’t been paid in years because his 2018 compensation package has been rejected by a Delaware court.
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