Tesla CEO Elon Musk jumped in at the end of the automaker's earnings call to express to investors why they should approve his $1 trillion pay package, arguing it isn't necessarily about the money but about having enough power at the helm.

"The point is, I just like … there needs to be enough voting control to give a strong influence, but not so much that I can't be fired if I go insane," he said moments after Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja asked shareholders to support Musk's leadership through the compensation proposals and the re-election of three directors, which would preserve the current leadership structure .

How much power someone has to make decisions at a company is determined by the shares they own. Voting control means having enough shares (or voting power) to influence or d

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