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The world’s rich­est man was just hand­ed a chance to be­come his­to­ry’s first tril­lion­aire.

Elon Musk won a share­hold­er vote on Thurs­day that would give the Tes­la CEO stock worth $1 tril­lion if he hits cer­tain per­for­mance tar­gets over the next decade. The vote fol­lowed weeks of de­bate over his man­age­ment record at the elec­tric car mak­er and whether any­one de­served such un­prece­dent­ed pay, draw­ing heat­ed com­men­tary from small in­vestors to gi­ant pen­sion funds and even the pope.

In the end, more than 75% of vot­ers ap­proved the plan as share­hold­ers gath­ered in Austin, Texas, for their an­nu­al meet­ing.