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It also split the managerial class: You have CEOs and other top management getting rewarded with stock options, so they become completely aligned with the owners of capital.

Stock market volatility tends to depress initial public offerings and exercises of stock options, which are two important sources of capital gains that boost state revenues.

Mostly to reduce corporate and income taxes, companies tend to keep the cash components of their executives’ pay as meager as possible, as opposed to stock and stock options.

The pay package came in the form of stock options, according to The New York Times, and now may be worth over $100 billion since Tesla stock soared after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November.

Critics say that would affect startup founders, whose company valuations fluctuate and whose compensation is based on stock options.