A million people on Mars, a billion SpaceX shares: Inside Elon Musk’s peculiar performance-based bonuses

When SpaceX released its investor prospectus last week, it revealed an unusual condition in the compensation deal for CEO Elon Musk: In order for him to earn performance-based shares, the company has to establish a permanent human colony on Mars with at least 1 million people.

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