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The trouble with Elon Musk’s trillion dollar pay deal
15 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2025 at 3:00 pm.
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Tesla boss Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire after his net worth surpassed $500 billion this month. 
But is there a problem with the concentration of so much wealth in the hands of so few people and what is it doing to our societies? 
Today, Professor Carl Rhodes, author of Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire, on why we need to stop the rich getting richer. 
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Carl Rhodes, Professor of Business and Society at UTS Business School