Musk Suggests Moving Tesla to Texas After Delaware Judge Voids $56 Billion Pay Package

Published on February 2, 2024

Elon Musk said he’s fed up with Delaware after a court there nullified his $56 billion pay package, with the tech entrepreneur saying that Tesla would hold a shareholder vote on moving the carmaker’s state of incorporation to Texas. A Delaware judge voided the payment package to Mr. Musk on Jan. 30 as part of a lawsuit filed five years ago by Richard Tornetta, a Tesla shareholder, who claimed the pay package was marred by conflicts of interest and other factors. Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick wrote in her 200-page ruling that the electric carmaker’s board of directors had failed to prove “that the compensation plan was fair.”...