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Tesla says Elon Musk’s 2020 compensation was nil

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SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. (File Photo: REUTERS/Michele Tantussi)

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Tesla Inc said on Friday (August 13) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s total compensation for 2020 was nil, compared to US$23,760 in 2019.

The electric-car maker also said in a regulatory filing that finance chief Zachary Kirkhorn’s total compensation was US$46.6 million, versus the US$21.2 million he got in 2019.

The pay package of Musk, who is also a major shareholder and CEO of rocket maker SpaceX, requires Tesla’s market capitalisation and financial growth to hit a series of rising targets.

As of April, Musk had qualified for Tesla options in his 2018 pay package that are now worth over US$30 billion.

Tesla added “Technoking of Tesla” to Musk’s list of official titles in a regulatory filing in March that also named Kirkhorn “Master of Coin”.

Earlier this month, Reuters reported that Musk will be also subject of a biography by Walter Isaacson, the US author who penned a best-selling tome on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

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