New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- One associates trillion dollar figures with economies, maybe even companies. So when Tesla's shareholders approved additional shares worth potentially $1 trillion as pay for CEO Elon Musk over a decade, it made jaws drop.

Multiple milestones have been set as conditions for the pay, including for Tesla to deliver 20 million cars and 1 million each of robotaxis and robots. Also, Tesla's market valuation must climb to $8.5 trillion from about $1.4 trillion.

Musk had hinted at giving up his position if his stake wasn't raised and the shareholders seem to have relented, perhaps to prevent any loss in market value from such an eventuality. But big as the package may be, if the company's valuation goes up as aimed, all sh...