That article is from August last year, in January he got a deal too good to decline.<p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-23/tesla-tops-ups-all-in-bet-on-musk-with-2-6-billion-option-award" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-23/tesla-top...</a>