Seth Fiegeman

It's undeniable.

If he left tomorrow, you can imagine what would happen to the stock price.

And so I think it's unfair not to give him the benefit of the fact that the stock price has gone up by, looking at it now, $130 since this pay package was even announced.

announced, right?

So the market loves it.

I don't see any criticism there.

Really, it's just the sort of rigid voting restrictions of the proxy advisors that are going to be the obstacle here.

It's the cookie-cutter approach they have to apply because they have to try to treat Tesla like every other company.

It's not similar to a hired CEO who's come in from the outside to manage a mature company.

This is a

a founder-led company.

And I'm Nathan Hager.

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