Musk’s net worth could soon top $1,000,000,000,000 as Tesla reaffirms its desire for the world’s richest man to lead the electric-vehicle company.

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.