On February 16, David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), announced on Twitter that WFP has not received any funding for Musk. "The video contained in the tweet is a clear bailout proposal that WFP showed Musk, and it remains to be seen whether WFP receives this huge amount of money, but I am very happy that Musk can participate, which is a great first step." Beasley said.
Last November, shortly after Musk became the world's richest man, he ushered in the "forced donation" news of WFP! In the face of such a strong "moral kidnapping" pressure, Musk solicited the opinions of the majority of netizens around the world on Twitter, launched a voting tweet on whether to donate, and the voting results showed that most netizens were in favor of Musk's plan to donate money to WFP. With no way out, Musk talked to WFP that he could come up with a plan for the use of the relief funds, and would sell 5 million Tesla shares to donate to starving refugees. WFP also responded to Musk and announced the purpose of each fund of the donation.
Musk donated $5.7 billion worth of Tesla stock to an unnamed charity in the next 10 days, several times more than all the donations his Musk Foundation has made in its 20 years. While the whereabouts of the huge donation remain unclear, it once again underscores the increased emphasis on philanthropy on the world's richest man.
WFP spokesman Steve Taravella declined to give any information, saying: "WFP's practice has always been to let donors disclose any possible contributions themselves. ”