How Elon Musk's $44.9 billion Tesla pay package compare with the most generous plans for other US CEOs

Elon Musk won't get access to the stock options just yet, even with the reapproval vote. In 2018, January Delaware Judge said the shareholders weren't informed that Musk controlled the company's board and the process for approving was 'deeply flawed." But Tesla said Musk deserves the pay because he turned the company into the top-selling electric vehicle maker in the world.