Elon Musk
2009
In 2009, Elon Musk earned a total compensation of $24.1M as Chief Executive Officer, Product Architect and Chairman at Tesla Motors.
Compensation breakdown
| Option Awards | $23,893,283 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $33,280 |
| Other | $206,245 |
| Total | $24,132,808 |
Musk received $23.9M in option awards, accounting for 99% of the total pay in 2009.
Musk also received $33.3K in salary and $206.2K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2009, Elon Musk's compensation ranked 32nd out of 9,885 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Musk earned more than 99.7% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 32 out of 9,885 | 100th |
Division Manufacturing | 10 out of 3,690 | 100th |
Major group Transportation Equipment | 1 out of 270 | 100th |
Industry group Motor Vehicles And Motor Vehicle Equipment | 1 out of 156 | 99th |
Industry Motor Vehicles and Passenger Car Bodies | 1 out of 35 | 97th |
Source: SEC filing on April 13, 2012.
Musk's colleagues
We found two more compensation records of executives who worked with Elon Musk at Tesla Motors in 2009.