Musk's $29B Tesla Pay, CPAC Talk, & X Influence Surge Amid Stock Dip

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Elon Musk has been making waves yet again this week, centered largely on Tesla's staggering $29 billion share-based pay package announced just days ago. According to CBS News, the Tesla board greenlit this compensation plan for Musk—a bundle of 96 million restricted shares, landing just six months after a Delaware judge axed his previous, record-breaking $56 billion package for alleged sham negotiations. This new deal is supposed to lock Musk at Tesla's helm until at least 2030 and, according to Wedbush Securities, aims to steer Tesla through an industry inflection point as it scrambles to lead in AI. There’s a twist: the new package could still be voided, depending on an upcoming Supreme Court decision on the 2018 plan, and it won’t be up for a shareholder vote since it comes from a preapproved 2019 plan, as detailed by Fortune and TechCrunch.

But Musk's week hasn't just been about Tesla boardrooms and litigation fallout. On the business front, Tesla scored its largest-ever battery order, with a $2.7 billion deal from Georgia Power likely bringing in an impressive $800 million profit, according to daily summaries from high-profile X account monitors. Meanwhile, news broke that a Tesla shareholder is suing the company over its robo-taxi rollout, an issue that could echo Musk’s long-running battles with regulators and skeptical investors.

His profile as a political influencer remains pronounced. Musk spoke publicly at CPAC, sharing insights into his leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency, even as reports from the Times of India confirm that Trump has officially killed Musk’s infamous Five Things weekly email program in federal agencies—a workplace reform Musk championed but which quickly became infamous for its confusing and unpopular implementation. The Trump-Musk bromance has visibly cooled since Musk's public critiques of Trump’s economic policy; retaliatory snubs reportedly include Trump pulling NASA chief nominations tied to Musk.

Musk's influence on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, remains absolutely massive. According to ABC News, every time Musk interacts with European or right-wing politicians or influencers, their following counts skyrocket, amplifying their influence on a global scale. Musk—now sitting atop 220 million-plus followers—has more than doubled his reach since buying the platform. His unfiltered social media engagement continues to spark global headlines and significant financial ripples, including this week’s reported 400 percent surge in memecoin prices tied directly to Musk’s and Trump’s posts, as covered by AInvest.

All this comes as Tesla stock is down 25 percent for the year, battered by both Musk’s political gamesmanship and mounting competition. Shareholders are reportedly anxious, demanding more notice on upcoming meetings and growing nervous over Musk’s recent focus on government affairs. And even as Tesla transitions to an “AI-first” company, its fortunes are closely bound to its famous, famously polarizing CEO—just as Wall Street and global politics remain inextricably tied to the name Elon Musk.

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