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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2018

  Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan

  Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah Mehta

  Tesla’s board of directors proposed an unusual compensation plan for the company’s CEO Elon Musk. The plan payouts were entirely contingent on achieving very ambitious market value, sales, and EBIT targets over the next ten years. If all the targets were achieved, Tesla would be one of the most valuable companies in the world, and Musk would receive the highest compensation of any CEO in US corporate history. If the targets were not achieved, Musk would receive nothing. Proxy advisors (ISS and Glass Lewis) expressed serious reservations about the plan and urged shareholders to vote against it. Should shareholders approve or reject the plan?

  Keywords: CEO compensation; compensation committee; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Auto Industry; United States;

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  Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarah Mehta. "Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan." Harvard Business School Case 118-085, April 2018.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | March 2018

  Controversy over Executive Remuneration at BP

  V.G. Narayanan and Shawn O'Brien

  Teaching Note for HBS No. 116-063.

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  Narayanan, V.G., and Shawn O'Brien. "Controversy over Executive Remuneration at BP." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 118-089, March 2018.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | January 2018 (Revised February 2018)

  Ameya Bhangle: A Non-US Citizen Working in the United States

  V.G. Narayanan and Shawn O'Brien

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  Narayanan, V.G., and Shawn O'Brien. "Ameya Bhangle: A Non-US Citizen Working in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 118-060, January 2018. (Revised February 2018.)  View Details

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