The inventor of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, topped the 2021 list of the highest-paid CEOs. Elon Musk has remained at the top of the list for the previous four consecutive years. The majority of his pay is in the form of stock options, which has resulted in a rise of nearly $78 billion in his net worth. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, earns a salary that is so much greater than the combined salaries of the next 13 CEOs on the list that their profits do not even come close to matching Musk’s total earnings of $6.3 billion.
