Elon Musk Wants Lots of Money for Running Tesla

Roger Lowenstein had a column in the Washington Post criticizing Elon Musk for his new contract as Tesla's CEO that could net him $50 billion. I see the story somewhat differently.

Lowenstein essentially is blaming Musk for being incredibly greedy and notes that most other trailblazing entrepreneurs of the past and present have not needed lavish paychecks to provide them with incentive. While I totally agree with this point, there is a deeper issue that I see here. How is Musk able to get a c...