Tesla's Profit Would Need to Grow 100-Fold for Musk's $1 Trillion Payday

Tesla earned roughly $3.27 billion in profit last measured in mid-2026, and that figure was falling. Musk's $1 trillion pay deal, approved by shareholders in 2025, demands $400 billion in profit by 2035 — a 100-fold jump. Four other goals (20 million cars built, 10 million self-driving subscribers, 1 million robots delivered, 1 million robotaxis deployed) are also far from reach.