CBS: Elon Musk’s $2.6 billion pay package gets Tesla shareholder approval   | By Jonathan Berr March 21, 2018 Excerpt: "If he doesn't make the stock price go up he gets nothing in the end," Steven Hall, an executive compensation expert, told CBS MoneyWatch. "He's only going to get money if he grows the company and shareholders reap the [read more]

Bloomberg: Musk’s New Pay Deal Could Make Him the World’s Richest Man—If Tesla Succeeds   | By Anders Melin, Brandon Kochkodin, and Dana Hull January 23, 2018 Excerpt: The audacious award outlines a plan for Tesla to become one of the world’s biggest companies, which would make Musk perhaps the richest man on the planet in the process, but without as detailed a [read more]

WSJ: Proposal Aims to Eliminate Tax Break Linked to Performance-Based Pay for Executives   | By Ezequiel Minaya and Joann S. Lublin Nov. 2, 2017 Excerpt: That is a drop in the bucket compared with the $1.46 trillion the government would lose by reducing the overall corporate tax rate to 20% from the current 35%. “It seems to me that the government [read more]

WSJ: GE Compensation Moves Likely to Include More Performance-Based Changes   | By Ezequiel Minaya Oct. 23, 2017 Excerpt: Companies have increasingly tied performance-based pay to long-term goals. Mr. Flannery could try to modify the metrics used to determine compensation to achieve a more immediate impact, said Steven Hall Sr., founding partner and managing director of compensation [read more]

Bloomberg: Dealmaker Weinberg Cracks Ranks of Best Paid Executives for 2016   | By Anders Melin May 10, 2017 Excerpt: An old-school corporate adviser whose father and grandfather led Goldman Sachs, Weinberg is an odd fit in that quintet. For Evercore, founded in 1995, it was a rare coup to land a 32-year veteran from one of Wall Street’s [read more]