Elon Musk Inspires Boom-or-Bust Compensation Packages for CEOs

If Elon Musk can do it , I can too. Right?

That's apparently the newest mantra of corporate CEOs hoping to get their boards of directors and shareholders to approve a potentially enormous payday. What I'm talking about is companies modeling compensation packages after Tesla 's (NASDAQ: TSLA) performance award package for Elon Musk that may pay him $78 billion over the next 10 years . Now, Axon Enterprise 's (NASDAQ: AAXN) CEO, Rick Smith, is following with his own massive performance package that may misalign his interests and those of long-term shareholders.  READ MORE