stock option
noun
1
: an option contract involving stock
2
: a right granted by a corporation to officers or employees as a form of compensation that allows purchase of corporate stock at a fixed price usually within a specified period
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Pay package could be worth $1 trillion Last week, Tesla proposed a new pay package for Musk that could grant him additional stock options that could be worth $1 trillion should Tesla achieve certain sales and valuation milestones.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The Boston Sports Journal and The Athletic later reported that Aspiration gave Leonard an additional $20 million in stock from company co-founder Joe Sanberg’s personal stock options.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The closing price values the company at over $17 billion based on its outstanding shares, with stock options and warrants adding slightly to that figure.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
The stock options sold came from 2020 performance rewards as well as stock accrued between 2011 and 2024.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The Boston Sports Journal and The Athletic later reported that Aspiration gave Leonard an additional $20 million in stock from company co-founder Joe Sanberg’s personal stock options.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The closing price values the company at over $17 billion based on its outstanding shares, with stock options and warrants adding slightly to that figure.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
The stock options sold came from 2020 performance rewards as well as stock accrued between 2011 and 2024.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Stock option.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20option. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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