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Tesla shareholders just approved awarding Elon Musk $1 trillion worth of stock if he hits certain performance targets in the next decade.

The Tesla CEO, who is already the world’s richest man, could be history’s first trillionaire if he’s successful.

The vote followed weeks of debate over his management record at the company and whether anyone deserved such an enormous payout.

Elon Musk could be 1st trillionaire

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More than 75% of voting shareholders gathered at the company’s Austin, Texas, headquarters approved the plan.

The vote is a resounding victory for Musk showing investors still have faith in him as Tesla struggles with plunging sales, market share and profits in no small part due to Musk himself. Car buyers fled the company this year as he has ventured i

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