Elon Musk wants proof that $ 6 billion can solve world hunger problem

Elon Musk challenges the director of WFP to demonstrate that $ 6 billion can solve world hunger.

Tesla makes up the vast majority of Musk's net worth. He very rarely sold shares of the electric vehicle maker (Tesla), whose shares hit a record high of $ 1 on Friday.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, took issue with a United Nations official's claim that only a small percentage of his wealth could help solve world hunger.

 

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Elon Musk wants proof that $ 6 billion can solve world hunger problem

 

Musk wants proof that $ 6 billion can solve world hunger problem

Tesla makes up the vast majority of Musk's net worth. He very rarely sold shares of the electric vehicle maker (Tesla), whose shares hit a record high of $ 1 on Friday.

 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, took issue with a United Nations official's claim that only a small percentage of his wealth could help solve world hunger.

Musk was responding to comments from David Beasley, director of the UN World Food Program, who repeated a call last week following a tweet earlier this month asking billionaires like Musk to "step up now, on an ad hoc basis ”.

 

Beasley specifically called for action Musk and Amazon.com Inc. co-founder Jeff Bezos, the two men atop the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Just $ 6 billion could prevent 42 million people from dying, Beasley said.

If the World Food Program, using transparent and open accounting, "can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $ 6 billion will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla shares right away and do it," Musk wrote. in an article on Twitter.

 

But it must be open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2021

 

 

Tesla joined the handful of companies valued at over $ 1 billion last week.

 

The $ 6 billion amount would be a small fraction of Musk's current net worth of $ 311 billion - and less than the $ 9,3 billion that added to his wealth on October 29 alone, according to Bloomberg Wealth Index -.
Tesla shares opened 3,2% higher on Monday morning.

Musk's fortune has also grown thanks to his stake in SpaceX, a private space exploration company valued at around $ 100 billion last month.

Musk, often outspoken on social media, has also criticized attempts to tax American billionaires.

He said on Twitter that a billionaire wealth levy would only make a "small hole" in paying down the national debt, arguing that the focus should be on government spending. Musk also said that a tax on billionaires would be just the start of taxing the simple rich.

 

source: www.autonews.com