In his first media interview, Pope Leo XIV criticized the exorbitant compensation packages of corporate executives, particularly singling out Elon Musk‘s $1 trillion pay plan.
Pope Warns Of Income Inequality, Highlights Musk’s Pay
The Pope, who hails from Chicago, expressed his concerns about the widening income gap between the working class and the wealthy. He highlighted the recent $1 trillion compensation plan for Tesla‘s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk, as an example of this disparity. The interview was published by Crux for an upcoming biography by Senior Correspondent Elise Ann Allen, on Sunday on the occasion of Pope Leo’s 70th birthday.
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“Yesterday the news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world. What does that mean and what’s that about?” Pope Leo said in the interview.
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