Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has been breaking barriers, so to speak, in his recent campaign to pass through his $56 billion compensation package. Tesla shareholders are set to vote on this on June 13 after the Delaware Chancery Court struck it down. But Musk isn't the only chief executive seeking enormous executive pay packages.

Yahoo Finance Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan explains the current trend of CEOs demanding and receiving large compensation packages, and the year-over-year growth of these packages.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.