Pope Leo XIV has criticized corporate pay packages that award executives vastly higher pay than rank-and-file workers, singling out Tesla 's proposed near $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk .

Why It Matters

Speaking about the news that Elon Musk could become the first trillionaire in the world—if Tesla shareholders approve a new compensation plan and he meets aggressive company goals over the next decade—Leo said: "What does that mean and what's that about?"

The pope's remarks, published in excerpts of his first media interview, sharpen a moral critique of widening executive-to-worker pay ratios at a time when Tesla shareholders are weighing an unprecedented pay package that could make Musk the world's first trillionaire if its goals are met—a development that proponent

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