Elon Musk's Salary Is Based Purely On Performance - Why Doesn't Any Other Automaker CEO Have The Confidence To Do This?

Elon Musk famously doesn’t accept his salary from Tesla, but the CEO still has a generous compensation plan that has the potential to net him around $30 billion this year.

While it’s often reported that Musk doesn’t have a salary at Tesla, he actually officially gets the minimum salary in California, which he doesn’t accept.

But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t get compensated for his work at the electric automaker.