Matt Levine, Columnist

Elon Musk Needs More Options

Also floating warehouses, tariffs in court, Credit Suisse bonuses and 401(k) leverage.

May 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM UTC

Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; and an editor of Dealbreaker.

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I have to say, I do feel for Tesla Inc.’s board of directors, and Elon Musk, as they try to design a new pay package for him. Here is the problem:

So the Financial Times reports: