NEW YORK: The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade. The vote followed weeks of debate over his management record at the electric car maker and whether anyone deserved such unprecedented pay, drawing heated commentary from small investors to giant pension funds and even the pope.

Shareholder votes on a pay package worth $1tn to be tallied 6 November – but it contains milestones beyond growing the company’s market cap

The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.

Musk could be the world’s first trillionaire.