Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk.
The fund, which is the biggest national wealth fund in the world, said that while it appreciated the “the significant value created under Mr Musk’s visionary role” it would vote against his performance award.
“We are concerned about the total size of the award, dilution and lack of mitigation of key person risk – consistent with our views on executive compensation,” it said. “We will continue to seek constructive dialogue with Tesla on this and other topics.”
Claiming that payout is just another scheme by Musk, so he can claim it’s not his fault when Tesla goes under, it’s because he wasn’t paid enough.
The fund has more than enough money, so I’m not worried for them ultimately losing a lot of money on Tesla, but why the fuck do they have so much Tesla stock?
Norway’s wealth is rooted in oil. They have intentionally positioned their investments to profit from shifts away from oil so that they can profit either way.
Tesla was the electric car stock for a long time. It’s a prominent face of the anti-oil shift.