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        <title><![CDATA[Tesla stock rise triggers $700 million payday for Elon Musk]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tesla&#8217;s meteoric stock growth on Monday qualified CEO Elon Musk for a $700 million payday, just three days after he tweeted that the share price was &#8220;<strong>too high.</strong>&#8221;</p><p>The electric automaker&#8217;s 8 percent spike on Monday brought the company&#8217;s stock market value to an average of more than $100 billion over the past six months, triggering the first milestone in the 48 year-old&#8217;s <strong>$50 billion pay package</strong>.</p><p>With the $100 billion average safely in pocket, Musk now has the option to buy 1.69 million Tesla shares at $350 a pop. At Tesla&#8217;s Monday closing price of $761, the billionaire could flip his new shares for a profit of just under $700 million.</p><p>To earn his full, $50 billion award, Musk would have to lead Tesla to a market cap of $650 billion by 2028. Tesla’s board signed off on the compensation package in March 2018, when Tesla’s market cap was $52.46 billion.</p><p>If he doesn’t reach any milestones, according to the company’s filing, he will not get paid. The South Africa-born billionaire then has eight years left to clear 11 more valuation hurdles, mostly in $50 billion increments, which would fetch him roughly $5 billion each.</p><p>Musk does not take a salary from Tesla, and only earns money through performance-based rewards.</p><p>A full payoff for Musk, who is also the majority owner and CEO of the SpaceX rocket maker, would surpass anything previously granted to US executives.</p><p>A representative for Tesla did not respond to The Post&#8217;s request for comment.</p><p>Musk&#8217;s potential payday comes just a day after <strong>he listed two Bel Air mansions</strong> on real estate site Zillow, following a series of tweets where he said he would &#8220;own no house&#8221; and get rid of most of his possessions.</p><p>The $100 billion tranche was also triggered the same day that Musk said he <strong>welcomed a child</strong> with pop star Grimes.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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