To gain all the options in the award, its market value would have to increase 18 times over , to $650 billion. Mr. Musk posted messages on Twitter about a deal to take Tesla private that the Securities and Exchange Commission later described as false and misleading. (Both Mr. Musk and Tesla settled with the agency.) Why grant Mr. Musk the award at all? But carrying out mergers could be considered a core part of a C.E.O.’s job description, and not deserving of extra pay.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2019 14:06 UTC