\u00ab\u00a0If WFP can describe…exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it,\u00a0\u00bb the billionaire said on Twitter this Sunday.<\/b>
\nTesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to donate $6 billion in stock to end world hunger. However, the Associated Press is reporting that this donation comes with a catch. Musk will sell the stock if the United Nations ‘ food agency shows where the money will go. \u00ab\u00a0If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it,\u00a0\u00bb the billionaire posted to Twitter on Sunday. He later said in a reply that the proof \u00ab\u00a0must be open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.\u00a0\u00bb This tweet comes in response to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley stating to CNN that billionaires such as Musk could donate \u00ab\u00a0$6 billion to help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don’t reach them.\u00a0\u00bb Beasley responded to Musk’s Tweet, agreeing that the money won’t solve the problem of world hunger. However, he said that \u00ab\u00a0it WILL prevent geopolitical instability, mass migration and save 42 million people on the brink of starvation. An unprecedented crisis and a perfect storm due to Covid\/conflict\/climate crises.\u00a0\u00bb He had also offered to meet with Musk to further discuss the topic. Musk promptly fired back in a reply. \u00ab\u00a0Please publish your current & proposed spending in detail so people can see exactly where money goes,\u00a0\u00bb he said. \u00ab\u00a0Sunlight is a wonderful thing.\u00a0\u00bb Although offered, a meeting between the two figures has not been confirmed. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. Six billion dollars would be approximately 2 percent of Musk’s fortune, which is nearly $300 billion, according to Forbes. His wealth and the wealth of many American multi-billionaires has grown quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to increased stock and home equity, even more than before the virus struck. In 2020, WFP received $8.4 billion in donations, which it says was $5.3 billion short of its requirements. Its top donors include the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n