CEO salaries and executive compensation

Elon Musk adds to his $679 billion fortune after Delaware court reverses its earlier decision and awards him a $55 billion Tesla pay package
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Elon Musk adds to his $679 billion fortune after Delaware court reverses its earlier decision and awards him a $55 billion Tesla pay package

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
December 21, 2025
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
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Elon Musk’s wealth has soared past $600 billion—he’s now worth double the next richest person alive, Google’s cofounder Larry Page

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December 16, 2025
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Bad luck, six-figure earners: Elon Musk warns that money will ‘disappear’ in the future as AI makes work (and salaries) irrelevant

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December 15, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
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Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

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December 12, 2025
Gen Z spending
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Older generations bash Gen Z for ‘doom spending.’ But experts say there’s a good reason why people splurge when they’re young

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November 12, 2025
Warren Buffett speaks in front of a microphone. He is in front of a bright teal background.
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‘Envy and greed walk hand in hand’: Warren Buffett casts side eye on Elon Musk-sized pay packages in final send-off

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November 10, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk
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America’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall

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November 4, 2025
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman
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Reddit’s CEO has just become a billionaire—a staggering 20 years after co-founding the company fresh out of college with $12,000

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November 3, 2025
Stock futures climb as investors await Supreme Court showdown on Trump tariffs and shareholder vote on Musk’s $1 trillion pay package
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Stock futures climb as investors await Supreme Court showdown on Trump tariffs and shareholder vote on Musk’s $1 trillion pay package

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November 3, 2025
Robyn Denholm speaks in an interview
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Tesla board chair begs shareholders to green-light Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package, calling the upcoming vote a ‘critical inflection point’

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October 27, 2025
Elon Musk in the Oval Office with his arms crossed
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Elon Musk defends $1 trillion pay package: ‘I just don’t feel comfortable building a robot army here and then being ousted’

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October 23, 2025
Satya Nadella
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s pay hits a record $96.5 million—he got a 22% pay raise mirroring the $4 trillion tech giant’s skyrocketing shares

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October 22, 2025
‘Sad, if not damning’: Cathie Wood blasts the proxy firms who say Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package is just too rich
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‘Sad, if not damning’: Cathie Wood blasts the proxy firms who say Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package is just too rich

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October 20, 2025
This millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience
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This millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience

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October 12, 2025
Elon Musk in a black hat and jacket
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Battle over Elon Musk’s trillionaire pay package builds as pension funds face off against Tesla

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October 9, 2025

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