Elon Musk compensation by year
Tesla Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held| Component | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $45,936 | $49,920 | $56,380 | $23,760 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $158,359,009,867 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $2,283,988,504 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total | $45,936 | $49,920 | $2,284,044,884 | $23,760 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $158,359,009,867 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Tesla, Inc. DEF 14A filed September 17, 2025, accession 0001104659-25-090866, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Tesla, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-25-090866. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed September 17, 2025.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 423,743,904 | $190,566,108,507 | — |
| RSU | 96,000,000 | $43,173,120,000 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Tesla, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
6 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed September 17, 2025)current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | Exercise or conversion | — | 303,960,630 | $23.34 | 727,704,534 |
| 2026-06-16 | Tax withholding | — | 17,531,857 | $404.66 | 710,172,677 |
| 2026-06-16 | Exercise or conversion derivative | — | 303,960,630 | $0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-04-21 | Disposition to the issuer | — | 96,000,000 | $0.00 | 423,743,904 |
| 2025-12-30 | Gift | — | 210,699 | $0.00 | 413,152,109 |
| 2025-11-06 | Grant or award | — | 423,743,904 | $334.09 | 519,743,904 |
The 6 most recent of 6 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →
Tesla’s named executive officers, FY2024
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2024 total |
|---|---|---|
| Vaibhav Taneja | Chief Financial Officer | $139,472,935 |
| Tom Zhu | Senior Vice President, APAC and Global Vehicle Manufacturing | $518,250 |
| Andrew Baglino | Former Senior Vice President, Powertrain and Energy Engineering | $124,620 |
| Elon Musk · this page | Technoking of Tesla and Chief Executive Officer | $0 |
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