Elon Musk has secured the second tranche of his stock compensation plan as Tesla CEO worth over $2 billion in TSLA stock, which he eventually plans to use for his plan to colonize Mars.
While Musk doesn’t accept a salary from Tesla, shareholders granted him a very generous and ambitious stock compensation plan in 2018.
The plan is linked to a significant increase in revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and a massive increase in Tesla’s market valuation.
After those milestones are achieved, each $50 billion increase in Tesla’s average market capitalization would result in Musk receiving 1.69 million shares at a set price of $350 a share.
The CEO would pocket the difference between $350 and whatever price Tesla’s stock trades at when he exercises the stock options.
Here are the main details of the compensation plan:
Back in May, Tesla confirmed that all the milestones for the first tranche of Musk’s compensation plan were achieved and they awarded the block of 1.69 million – though the CEO has yet to exercise them.
He has 5 years to do so.
But with the rapid increase in Tesla’s stock price, the next milestones have already been achieved just a few months after the first tranche.
As of today, Tesla’s average market valuation is high enough for the second tranche of Musk’s compensation plan to vest.
At the current stock price, the new tranche is worth close to $2.1 billion and since he hasn’t exercised his first tranche, he already has access to $4.2 billion in stock options from his current compensation plan.
Tesla’s board still has to approve the award for it to become official.
