Elon Musk got 72% in Tesla shareholder vote on pay
Tesla shareholders strongly supported the proposal to affirm Elon Musk's multibillion-dollar pay package, according to details of the vote published Friday.The vote of confidence in Musk reduces the risk that he will leave Tesla, but it could also validate behavior that some investors say has hurt the automaker, analysts and investors said.Approval of the proposal was announced Thursday at Tesla's annual shareholder meeting, without the underlying total. Ultimately, about 72% of voting shares, excluding shares owned by Musk and his brother Kimbal, supported the pay package.For months, many Tesla investors have worried about how busy Elon Musk would be running the electric car company after a Delaware judge struck down his pay package, originally approved in 2018.The compensation p...