09:03 AM EDT, 10/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tesla (TSLA) Chief Executive Elon Musk is set to earn "tens of billions" of dollars even if he doesn't achieve most of the goals in the executive pay package proposed by the carmaker's board, Reuters reported Thursday, citing its own analysis of Musk's performance goals, executive pay experts, company valuations, robotics and automotive trends.

Musk could make over $50 billion by meeting some of the board's "easier" objectives that "won't necessarily revolutionize" the company's products or business, according to Reuters.

He would net $26 billion if shares grow by a "modest" amount and the carmaker achieves what are deemed the two easiest goals. The reward would be higher than the combined lifetime compensation of the next eight best-paid CEOs that include Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms ( META ) , Apple's ( AAPL ) Tim Cook and Jensen Huang of Nvidia ( NVDA ) , Reuters reported, citing an analysis by research firm Equilar.

Musk's car sales goals are "exceptionally easy" to hit, the news outlet reported, citing four automotive experts. Three other product-development objectives could give Musk "hefty payouts" without significantly increasing Tesla's profit, Reuters said, citing six robotics or autonomous-driving experts who reviewed the goals.

Tesla didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

Shares were down 1.3% in recent premarket activity.

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