The Tesla board stepped in to ensure that if the Tesla side loses, the CEO will get something similar to the numbers he’d sacrifice. But this time, they’re attaching a series of wise conditions absent the first time around.

Tesla's board approved a compensation package for Elon Musk worth about $29 billion in order to keep the chief executive focused on the company.

T esla stock was sliding on Tuesday, giving up some of the gains it made the previous session thanks to CEO Elon Musk’s new multibillion-dollar pay package. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker slid 0.6% to $307.44 in early trading, having gained 2.2% on Monday. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher on Tuesday.