Tesla

Tesla

TSLA· Manufacturing· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025Stock +11.4% in FY2025

Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla and was paid $158.4B in FY2025 (Dec).

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY15 → $506
CEO pay is from each Tesla proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives3

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  1. 1Elon MuskFY2025
  2. 2Vaibhav TanejaFY2025
  3. 3Tom ZhuFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Tesla paid its 3 named executives $158.4B in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Elon Musk was paid $158.4B of that.

Name
Elon MuskTechnoking of Tesla and Chief Executive Officer
Vaibhav TanejaChief Financial Officer
Tom ZhuSVP, APAC and Global Vehicle Manufacturing

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers

No disclosed peer group

No proxy on file names a pay peer group for Tesla. The peer group comes from the proxy statement, so it shows here when a proxy read has it.

Insider trades4

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Insiders sold $13.2M of stock in the 12 months before the latest trade.

Mar 10, 2025MURDOCH JAMES RDirectorSold10.3%No
Dec 6, 2023Zhu XiaotongSVP, AutomotiveSold1.7%No
Feb 6, 2023Kirkhorn ZacharyCFOSold1.9%Not stated
Sep 27, 2022Baglino Andrew DSVP Powertrain and Energy Eng.Sold14.3%Not stated
4 trades

Open-market buys and sales from Form 4. A plan trade is marked .

Board9

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  • Elon MuskDirector · 21 yr on the boardNot independent—Paid as an executive
  • Ira EhrenpreisDirector · 18 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation (Chair), Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)—Paid as an executive
  • James MurdochDirector · 8 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Joe GebbiaDirector · 3 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive
  • JB StraubelDirector · 2 yr on the boardIndependent—Paid as an executive
  • Jack HartungDirector · 0 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Tesla CFO pay fell 100% to $403.0K. The stock rose 11% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Tesla CFO pay rose 50,070% to $139.5M. The stock rose 63% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Tesla Division head pay fell 27% to $376.3K. The stock rose 11% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Tesla Division head pay fell 98% to $518.3K. The stock rose 63% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Tesla CEO pay rose 569% to $98.7M. The stock rose 50% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Board
    Jack Hartung joined the board of Tesla. Jack Hartung now sits on 5 public boards.
    3
  7. Insider trade
    MURDOCH JAMES R, a director of Tesla, sold $13.2M of stock on Mar 10, 2025. The sale was 10% of the shares held. It was not under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
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  8. Pay
    Tesla Former CFO pay fell 99% to $301.2K. The stock rose 50% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Tesla Division head pay fell 99% to $301.2K. The stock rose 50% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Insider trade
    Baglino Andrew D, the SVP Powertrain and Energy Eng. of Tesla, sold $3.0M of stock on Sep 27, 2022. The sale was 14% of the shares held.
    4
  11. Pay
    Tesla Former CFO pay rose 119% to $46.6M. The stock rose 743% in FY2020 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  12. Pay
    Pay for Jerome Guillen at Tesla fell 100% to $161.5K. The stock rose 50% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  13. Pay
    Pay for Jerome Guillen at Tesla rose 463% to $46.5M. The stock rose 743% in FY2020 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  14. Pay
    Pay for Jerome Guillen at Tesla fell 53% to $8.3M. The stock rose 26% in FY2019 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  15. Pay
    Tesla Division head pay rose 816% to $46.5M. The stock rose 743% in FY2020 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  16. Pay
    Tesla CTO pay rose 4,574% to $11.7M. The stock rose 7% in FY2018 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  17. Pay
    Tesla CTO pay fell 97% to $249.6K. The stock rose 46% in FY2017 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  18. Pay
    Tesla CEO pay rose 4,575,310% to $2.3B. The stock rose 7% in FY2018 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  19. Pay
    Tesla Former CFO pay fell 60% to $6.2M. The stock rose 7% in FY2018 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  20. Board
    Lawrence J. Ellison joined the board of Tesla. Lawrence J. Ellison sits on no other public board.
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Filings240

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Proxy statementDEF 14AOct 19, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KJan 29, 2026FY2025
Current report8-KNov 7, 2025—
Proxy statementDEF 14ASep 17, 2025FY2022
Insider trade (Form 4)4Sep 12, 2025—
Current report8-KAug 4, 2025—
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