Everything SpaceX And Tesla Say Elon Musk Must Do—Mars Colony, Robots, More—For More Billions

BreakingBusinessEverything SpaceX And Tesla Say Elon Musk Must Do—Mars Colony, Robots, More—For More BillionsByTy Roush,Forbes Staff. Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City.Follow AuthorMay 22, 2026, 11:03am EDTToplineSpaceX’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take the company public added to a growing list of compensation rewards for CEO Elon Musk, whose record-breaking fortune could add even more billions after establishing a colony on Mars and a robot fleet, among others.A new filing from SpaceX outlined how much more Musk could add to his record-breaking fortune.Getty ImagesKey FactsSpaceX, in its S-1 filing on Wednesday, disclosed a compensation package for Musk that could award its chief executive nearly 1 billion additional shares should the company achieve several market valuation milestonesFor those stocks to be vested, SpaceX said the company must also establish a “permanent human colony” on Mars with at least 1 million inhabitants.SpaceX will separately award some 302 million shares to Musk should the company develop “non-Earth-based” data centers capable of delivering 100 terawatts of compute each year—about 29 times the electricity generated globally in 2023.That could add an estimated $1 trillion that Musk could earn from his new compensation package as Tesla’s CEO: The automaker could award Musk more than 423 million shares, upping his stake from 13% to about 25%, should Tesla achieve one dozen operational milestones through 2035.Tesla requires the company to achieve a market valuation of $8.5 trillion and $400 billion in core profits, or increases of about 436% and more than 2,600% from a $1.5 trillion valuation as of Friday and $14.6 billion in core profits as of 2025, respectively.Tesla said the full stock award would be vested after the company delivers 1 million of its Optimus robots, has 1 million active robotaxis over three consecutive months and has 10 million active autonomous cars, which requires driv...