News India Live, Digital Desk: Execural pay: Vaibhav Taneja, an Indian -origin executive and chief financial officer of Tesla, has made headlines in 2024 by allegedly earning a huge amount of $ 139 million. Taneja’s shocking earnings have overtaken the well-known CEOs like Google’s beautiful Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella.
Taneja benefits from increasing share price
Taneja’s huge salary is mainly inspired by stock options and equity awards given after his promotion. Taneja benefited from rising share price, the share price was close to $ 250 at the time of the award. Tesla’s stock reached around $ 342 in 2025. Taneja gets a basic salary of $ 400,000. With a shocking $ 139 million package mentioned by The Wall Street Journal, Taneja has made headlines due to possibly getting the highest salary in decades.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had a salary package of $ 79.106 million in 2024. According to the company’s 2025 proxy statements, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai had a salary package of $ 10.73 million. On the other hand, Taneja has surpassed both Nadella and Pichai with a luxurious salary package of $ 139 million.
Tesla CEO Alan Musk’s package
Tesla co-founder and CEO Alan Musk is currently challenging the Delaware Court’s decision that has canceled his $ 56 billion compensation package, one of the largest packages in corporate history. Musk argues that his compensation is appropriate, as it has contributed to Tesla’s extraordinary development.
About Vaibhav Taneja
Vaibhav Taneja has obtained a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University. Taneja is a qualified chartered accountant and certified public accountant from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Taneja joined Tesla in 2017. Earlier, he took over as the vice -president of Solrursity, a solar power company acquired by Tesla in 2016.
Taneja Tesla also works as a director in India Motors and Energy Private Limited. Taneja plays an important role in Tesla’s financial strategy and global expansion, with an experience of over two decades in finance and accounting.
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