Washington, Nov. 1 (BUS) – Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has said he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate the proceeds to the United Nations Food Agency if it can show the world how to solve that money. hunger.
His statement came after Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program David Beasley challenged Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and other billionaires in an interview with CNN last week, calling on them to take “one-time” actions to help end the famine, according to the Associated Agency. Press. .
In the interview, Beasley said billionaires could provide “$6 billion to help 42 million people who will literally die if we don’t get to them.”
This money will make up about 2% of Musk’s fortune, roughly $300 billion, according to Forbes. His fortune and that of many American billionaires grew rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to an increase in stocks and housing, even more than before the virus spread.
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, says he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate the proceeds to the United Nations food agency if it can show how the money will solve world hunger.
On Sunday, the SpaceX founder posted on Twitter: “If the World Food Program could describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6 billion would solve world hunger, I would sell Tesla stock now and do it.”
In 2020, the agency received $8.4 billion in donations, which it says is $5.3 billion below its requirements. Major donors include the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
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