Musk’s rollercoaster year: From boycotts and plunging earnings to a potential trillion-dollar payday
October 23, 2025
Elon Musk literally left a government job with a black eye, has seen profits at his car company sink and must worry about federal regulators disrupting his plans to unleash a fleet of driverless taxis on America’s roads in the next few years. And he’s still paying the bill for his messy of takeover of Twitter three years ago. Still one could argue he’s doing alright. Tesla’s rising stock price has added to his wealth and he’s weeks away from shareholders signing off on a pay package that could reward him with up to a trillion dollars.