Musk: If you can prove that $6 billion can solve global hunger, sell stock donations immediately

The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi

Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the request for donations by UN officials on Twitter on October 31 local time, saying that if the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) could explain in detail how to use $6 billion (about 38.3 billion yuan) to solve the problem of global hunger, he would immediately sell Tesla shares to donate.

According to the US "Business Insider" news website on October 31, Musk said on Twitter: "If WFP can use transparent and open accounting methods on Twitter-themed posts to explain in detail how to use $6 billion to solve global hunger, I will immediately sell Tesla stock to solve the hunger problem." ”

David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, said on Oct. 26 that some of the super-rich could use a fraction of their net worth to help solve the problem of world hunger.

Speaking about the food crisis during a CNN episode of "Connect the World," Beasley called on billionaires to "act now and in one fell swoop" to address the global food crisis.

Beasley specifically mentioned Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Musk, the world's two richest people, "$6 billion can help 42 million people, and if we don't help these people, they're really going to die." ”

According to data provided by Bloomberg, Musk has a net asset of $289 billion .

According to the liberal group Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies, the total net worth of U.S. billionaires has nearly doubled since the outbreak, reaching $5.04 trillion in October.

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