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- Richard Tornetta sued Tesla in 2018 over Elon Musk’s $55 billion compensation plan.
- The Tesla shareholder is a former heavy metal drummer for the thrash-metal band Dawn of Correction.
- A Judge sided with Tornetta and struck down the pay package, calling it unfair to shareholders.
The Tesla shareholder who won a dramatic legal victory that denied Elon Musk his $55 billion compensation package used to be a heavy metal drummer.
Videos posted on YouTube show Richard Tornetta, who sued Tesla in 2018 over what he argued was an excessive pay plan, drumming for Dawn of Correction, a thrash-metal outfit that broke up in 2009.
The band released a single album, “Dead Hand Control,” in 2008 and described its sound as “a swift kick to the face with a steel-toed work boot,” Reuters reported .
Musk would likely be tempted to describe the Delaware Court’s judgment in similar terms. The billionaire raged against the ruling that found his $55 billion compensation package had been unfairly awarded on X, and is seeking to move the company’s state of incorporation to Texas .