Elon Musk
2012
In 2012, Elon Musk earned a total compensation of $78.2M as Chief Executive Officer, Product Architect and Chairman at Tesla Motors, a 234,726% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $6,000 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $78,110,730 |
| Salary | $33,280 |
| Total | $78,150,010 |
Musk received $78.1M in option awards, accounting for 100% of the total pay in 2012.
Musk also received $6K in bonus and $33.3K in salary.
Rankings
In 2012, Elon Musk's compensation ranked 4th out of 11,487 executives tracked by ExecPay.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 4 out of 11,487 | 100th |
Division Manufacturing | 3 out of 4,252 | 100th |
Major group Transportation Equipment | 1 out of 288 | 100th |
Industry group Motor Vehicles And Motor Vehicle Equipment | 1 out of 168 | 99th |
Industry Motor Vehicles and Passenger Car Bodies | 1 out of 40 | 98th |
Source: SEC filing on April 22, 2015.
Musk's colleagues
We found four more compensation records of executives who worked with Elon Musk at Tesla Motors in 2012.