- Elon Musk was interviewed at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on Tuesday.
- The Tesla CEO said he was more concerned about his level of control than a huge payday.
- Musk said he “can’t be sitting there and wondering if I’m going to be tossed out.”
Elon Musk has said he will still be CEO of Tesla in five years’ time —unless he dies.
In a video interview at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on Tuesday, the billionaire said he was committed to leading Tesla until at least the end of the decade, and would only stop “if I’m dead.”
His comments come as doubts have emerged about Musk’s future at the EV giant, which has become a target for protests and vandalism over Musk’s work cutting the federal workforce with DOGE.
In a combative interview with Bloomberg’s Mishal Husain in Qatar, Musk said he was confident the ongoing legal dispute over his huge pay package in Delaware would not affect his future compensation.
He said he was more concerned about his level of control over Tesla than a multi-billion-dollar payday: “It’s not a money thing. It’s a reasonable control thing over the future of the company, especially if we’re building millions, potentially billions, of humanoid robots,” Musk said.
“I can’t be sitting there and wondering if I’m going to be tossed out,” Musk added.
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