Court Told Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Wasn’t for Punching a Clock

Court Told Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Wasn’t for Punching a Clock
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks about new Autopilot features during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2015. Beck Diefenbach/Reuters
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WILMINGTON, Del—A Tesla Inc. director and a former executive took the stand on Monday and defended Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package against a shareholder’s claims that the entrepreneur dictated terms of the deal to finance his dream of traveling to Mars.

Tesla shareholder Richard Tornetta hopes to prove that Musk used his dominance over the electric vehicle maker’s board to craft the 2018 package and then duped investors into approving it.