The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 7, 2025 Tesla Shareholders Approve Pay Package That Could Make Elon Musk a Trillionaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elon Musk is poised to become the first trillionaire in world history. On Thursday, shareholders at the electric vehicle maker Tesla approved a pay package worth nearly $1 trillion if Musk meets certain corporate goals over the next decade. He's already the world's richest person with a net worth of around $500 billion. .