Elon Musk is challenged in the fight against world hunger and makes an offer - but sets a condition.
London - The head of the UN World Hunger Aid (WFP), David Beasley, has called on the super-rich to do more to fight hunger in the world.
He especially highlighted Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla and SpaceX * boss Elon Musk *.
“What if it was your daughter who was starving?
What if your family starves? ”Beasley addressed the billionaires directly in a CNN interview.
You should help save 42 million people from starvation.
This would require six billion dollars, about two percent of Musk's net worth.
“$ 6 billion to help 42 million people who will literally die if we don't reach them.
It's not complicated, ”Beasley told the broadcaster.
Elon Musk: With six billion dollars against hunger - on one condition
Elon Musk was interested.
"If the WFP can describe exactly how six billion dollars can solve hunger in the world on this Twitter thread, I'll sell Tesla stock now and do it," Musk wrote on Twitter.
The Tesla founder, however, set two conditions: In addition to explaining how exactly the money is being used, Elon Musk called for transparent accounting so that the public can see exactly what the money is being spent on.
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Elon Musk does not want to give away his money unconditionally.
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David Beasley responded to the Tesla boss' tweet and initially corrected that the six billion dollars would not be able to overcome global hunger in general, but that it could prevent geopolitical instability, prevent mass migration and 42 million people who are on the verge of starvation , save.
"With your help, we can bring hope, stability and change the future," wrote David Beasley in a tweet to Elon Musk.
Hunger is an unprecedented crisis that would be exacerbated by the corona virus, conflicts and the climate crisis, added the head of UN World Hunger Aid.
Elon Musk insists on his condition to fight hunger
However, Elon Musk insisted on his condition and asked Beasley to publish the current and planned editions of Welthungerhilfe in detail so that people can see where the money is going.
Instead of a discussion on Twitter, Beasley then offered Elon Musk a personal interview.
The head of UN Welthungerhilfe suggested showing Musk how his institution works on site.
Elon Musk's net worth is $ 335 billion as of November 2, 2021, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
This makes the Tesla * boss the richest man in the world.
However, he is also a master at using various tricks to avoid paying taxes *.
(Max Schäfer)
* fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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