He destroyed the US federal government.
Except for all of his subsidies.

I could borrow five bucks.

And likely won’t be, since his payout is over ten years, and only if Tesla hits certain benchmarks for sales and profits.

The company has been in a death spiral for at least a year, not sure how Musk thinks he can turn it around, especially with so much competition from other car makers.

that after people pile up a certain number of zeroes in their monetary net worth, that it was no longer about "improving their life style." It was just about keeping score.