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Tesla shareholders will vote on an Elon Musk compensation package Thursday.
If Musk hits all incentive targets, his pay could reach $1 trillion in the next 10 years.
Musk would have to increase current Tesla value by over 400% to hit the pay targets.
Tesla shareholders will vote Thursday on how much to pay CEO Elon Musk and industry watchers predict the outcome could make Musk — already the world’s richest individual — the first person to ever reach $1 trillion in personal wealth.
The pay package, should it gain approval, sets a variety of performance and stock value goals over the coming decade and Musk would have to meet most of them to reach the $1 trillion mark.
In September, Tesla’s board of directors encouraged shareholders to back the plan and noted that keeping Mus

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