Elon Musk Returns to Business. How Much Should Tesla Pay Him?

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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P.M. Edition for June 2. Taser’s boss topped the highest-paid CEOs list this year, while Elon Musk came in last at $0. But as Musk rejoins the business world after his stint in Washington, WSJ’s Theo Francis discusses how Tesla’s board could figure out how much to pay the world's richest man. Plus, the suspect in the Colorado flamethrower attack has been charged with a federal hate crime. And the Trump Organization, the family’s flagship real-estate firm, has expanded globally since the 2024 election. WSJ reporter Brenna Smith describes those projects and what they involve. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.2	your credit. Terms and conditions apply. The suspect in the Colorado flamethrower attack is charged
0:36.9	with a federal hate crime.
0:38.9	Plus, how Elon Musk's pay at Tesla stacks up against that of other CEOs.
0:44.2	This concept of these moonshot packages really took off after Tesla gave Musk that one,
0:50.2	because other CEOs said, oh, that's kind of cool.
0:53.3	That, like, gives you this sort of startup approach
0:56.1	at a more established company.
0:58.0	So this kind of had a snowball effect
1:00.6	where you saw a lot more of these moonshot packages
1:03.1	after Elon Musk got his.
1:05.1	And how the Trump organization
1:06.6	has expanded globally since the 2024 election.
1:10.6	It's Monday, June 2nd.
1:12.5	I'm Alex Oslo for the Wall Street Journal.
1:14.8	This is the PM edition of What's News,
1:17.2	the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
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