Would $6 billion be enough to end the world hunger crisis?
Elon Musk says he’s willing to sell Tesla stock to donate to the UN, if the agency can prove how the money will be spent to end the global hunger crisis.
A United Nations official earlier claimed that just 2 percent of the entrepreneur’s income could solve world hunger.
‘If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it,’
Musk, the world’s richest man, tweeted Sunday.
$36 billion in one day – @elonmusk's net worth increase due to a @Tesla / @Hertz deal. Congratulations, Elon! 1/6 of your one day increase would save 42 million lives that are knocking on famine's door. Unprecedented crisis. Unprecedented wealth. Help!! https://t.co/n4hfpl5NRE
— David Beasley (@WFPChief) October 28, 2021
Musk added however, that the World Food Programme (WFP) must publicly disclose how they are utilising his funds.
Since Beasley’s initial tweet requesting for donations from Musk – Musk’s net worth has grown to more than $300billion.
The $6billion Beasley requested would be approximately 2 percent of Musk’s income and less than the $9.3billion his wealth increased on October 29 alone.
Musk is now worth over $100billion more than the second-richest person on earth, Jeff Bezos.
