And we're damned pleased we did it to ourselves.
To elaborate: I'm one of those people who think most CEO's are wildly over-compensated, especially when compared to the workers. But not Elon Musk. He is probably the most visionary CEO in the world today. Steve Jobs was visionary but Elon Musk blows him away. Tesla workers would be unemployed by now if not for Elon Musk (or working in a different industry). Because I can't think of a single other leader that could have steered the ship called "Tesla" to profitability as Elon has done. It was like threading a needle - lot's of opportunities to mess it up and only a narrow path to build the business and make it all work. He had his hand in almost everything from product specs and design (and selecting the lead designer and lead engineers) to financing, publicity, manufacturing, legal, everything.
Basically, Elon Musk is one of the few CEO's who is actually worth his compensation. Because the business wouldn't even exist without him. How many other CEO's can make that claim? And Milton doesn't count for obvious reasons...