Elon Musk's 2025 Tesla pay could buy nearly 10% of all Bitcoin

The world's wealthiest individual, Elon Musk, secured a compensation of $158.35 billion at Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) for 2025 .

The automotive and clean energy company's Form 10-K/A amended filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 1, 2026, revealed that Tesla valued CEO Elon Musk's annual total compensation in 2025 at $158.35 billion.

Note that Tesla's filing mentions the figure is largely an accounting valuation of stock awards. It means Musk didn't actually receive $158 billion in cash or realized compensation.

However, if Musk were to cash out his 2025 Tesla compensation and spend it on buying Bitcoin (BTC) the same day Tesla revealed his pay, he would own nearly 10% of the leading cryptocurrency's maximum supply.

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Musk and Tesla hold Bitcoin

Musk admitted to holding Bitcoin as early as 2021 when he revealed at a panel discussion that he holds the top cryptocurrency, along with Ethereum (ETH) and Dogecoin (DOGE).

In a podcast last year, he said he expects money as a concept to disappear in the future once advanced automation meets human needs at scale and an energy-based currency like Bitcoin could take over.