New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- The possibility of Elon Musk getting a $1 trillion, 10-year pay package to remain Tesla's CEO has the Internet talking, with netizens almost sure that he'll achieve the ambitious goals in time for this payment.

On Friday, the Tesla board approved what it called "A Super Ambitious Incentive Package for a Pioneering, Ambitious and Unique CEO" that sets out lofty earnings and valuation targets. If Musk hits them, the company will award him millions of shares over the next decade.

If shareholders approve, the new pay package could make Musk the world's first trillion-dollar executive and mark a new level of outsized pay in a country already known for extreme compensation. But the payoff is in shares, not cash, and the ...