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The trillionaires are coming. They should pay their workers too

What bothers people is not so much that successful entrepreneurs have unfathomable wealth, but that others struggle to get by.

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People protest during the 'No $1 Trillion for Elon Musk!' rally, at the Texas State Capitol, in Austin, on Nov 5.

People protest during the 'No $1 Trillion for Elon Musk!' rally, at the Texas State Capitol, in Austin, on Nov 5.

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Nir Kaissar

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The world may soon have its first trillionaire.

Tesla’s shareholders on Nov 6 approved a compensation package that would pay chief executive officer Elon Musk

US$1 trillion

(S$1.3 trillion) over 10 years if the company achieves certain benchmarks, adding to his current US$461 billion fortune.

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