Forbes Senior Editor Alan Ohnsman joins Forbes Talks to discuss the unprecedented nature of Elon Musk’s recent potential trillion-dollar compensation package from Tesla. Ohnsman delves into the potentially unachievable goals set in the pay package, such as an $8.5 trillion market cap and mass production of humanoid robots.

0:00 Elon Musk’s Proposed Pay Package
2:52 Are These Lofty Goals Achievable?
11:35 The Board’s Unwavering Faith in Musk
15:39 Will Money Motivate the World’s Richest Man?
17:48 The Threat of Musk’s Departure
22:23 The Future of Tesla

Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/09/05/tesla-proposes-compensation-plan-for-musk-that-could-be-worth-as-much-as-1-trillion/

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