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Coverage dated October 22, 2025

Elon Musk Calls Firms ‘Corporate Terrorists’ For Opposing His $1 Trillion Pay Plan

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Tesla is looking to approve a pay package for Musk that could be worth $1 trillion if the electric vehicle maker reaches certain goals over the next decade.

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  1. Fortune

    Elon Musk defends $1 trillion pay package: ‘I just don’t feel comfortable building a robot army here and then being ousted’ (opens Fortune)

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    Tesla CEO Elon Musk warns “corporate terrorists” are trying to take away his $1 trillion pay package—and control over building out the company’s AI and robotic future.

  2. Forbes

    Elon Musk Calls Firms ‘Corporate Terrorists’ For Opposing His $1 Trillion Pay Plan (opens Forbes)

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    Tesla is looking to approve a pay package for Musk that could be worth $1 trillion if the electric vehicle maker reaches certain goals over the next decade.

  3. New York Post

    Critics of $1 trillion payday for Elon Musk are ‘corporate terrorists,’ Tesla CEO says (opens New York Post)

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    Musk crashed the end of the latest Tesla earnings call to push for approval of his $1 trillion pay package, describing advice from advisory firms opposed to the move as "asinine."

  4. Gizmodo

    'Corporate Terrorists' May Stand in the Way of Elon Musk's Trillionaire Status, He Claims (opens Gizmodo)

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    Musk says he's not "comfortable" creating a "robot army" without an unprecedented pay package.

  5. Insider

    Elon Musk got feisty about his $1 trillion pay package in the final minutes of Tesla's earnings call (opens Insider)

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    Elon Musk defended his $1 trillion pay package at the end of Tesla's earnings call, calling proxy firms "corporate terrorists" for opposing it.

  6. Fortune

    With $1 trillion pay package on the line, Elon Musk blasts influential firms telling shareholders to reject it: 'Those guys are corporate terrorists' (opens Fortune)

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    Musk also criticized the role of proxy advisory firms, generally.

  7. CNN

    Elon Musk said he wants to stop ‘corporate terrorists’ from wresting control of Tesla (opens CNN)

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    Elon Musk says he needs to build his stake in Tesla so much that he could become the world’s first trillionaire. But this week he said his aim wasn’t to increase his planet-leading wealth. Instead, Musk said the biggest pay package in history was necessary to protect his company.

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