Based on the value of the Tesla options Elon Musk was awarded last year, his CEO compensation was in ... [+] the billions of dollars—far more than any other CEO in 2020. Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty ImagesThere’s one name you won’t find on the various lists of the highest-paid CEOs of 2020: Elon Musk. That puts him well above Paycom PAYC CEO Chad Richison ($211 million in compensation), who topped most of the earnings lists for 2020. So while he has the right to exercise a total of 33.77 million options from his 2020 awards, he can’t immediately turn around and sell those shares. In all, the full compensation package of 101.2 million shares would be worth around $67.9 billion, at today’s stock prices.

Source: Forbes May 06, 2021 10:52 UTC