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Recreating Elon's 2018 Pay Package from LEAP Call Options

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Mar 05, 2024
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People talk about how Elon had a 2018 CEO pay package that resulted in $56 billion in value. However, what if he was paid double the cash but only if he was immediately required to buy call options.

In 2018 and 2019, there were CEOs getting $125 million to $250 million in mostly cash. Elon Musk was in that category of high value CEO. It would have been t…

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