Tesla shareholders awarded CEO Elon Musk a pay package on Thursday that could grant the tech entrepreneur nearly $1 trillion in compensation over the next decade. The pay package would make Musk the best-compensated CEO ever recorded.

Even if Tesla Inc. shareholders approve a $1 trillion compensation plan for Elon Musk, the experience of other CEOs show a big payout isn’t guaranteed.

The electric-vehicle maker will reveal if shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk. They are als

Elon Musk wants to be anointed the world’s first trillionaire—but he swears it’s not about the money. Over the past few weeks, the Tesla CEO has been demanding greater power over the electric-vehicle manufacturer that he has led for almost two decades.

Tesla shareholders endorsed a pay package for Elon Musk that could make him the world's first trillionaire. Why it matters: Tesla chair Robyn Denholm had warned that Musk could leave if shareholders rejected the compensation plan,

Tesla is expected to announce on Thursday the results of a shareholder vote determining whether CEO Elon Musk should receive a pay package of nearly $1 trillion worth of stock over the next decade. CNBC's Phil LeBeau joins 'Squawk on the Street' with the details.

On Thursday, Tesla shareholders will vote on a pay package for Elon Musk that could allow him to earn an unprecedented one trillion dollars' worth of stock.