Elon Musk has offered to sell some of his Tesla (TSLA) stock "right now" if the UN can prove that $6 billion will solve world hunger.
His comments came after UN World Food Programme (WFP) director David Beasley challenged the ultra-wealthy — and in particular the world's two richest men Jeff Bezos and Musk — to "step up now, on a one-time basis" to help solve world hunger in an interview with CNN last week. "$6 billion to help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don't reach them. It's not complicated," Beasley said on CNN's Connect the World program with Becky Anderson.
That sum would equate to roughly 2% of Musk's net wealth.
Addressing the billionaires directly in the CNN interview, he said: "What if it was your daughter starving to death? What if it was your family starving to death? Just, wake up, smell the coffee and help."
Elon should call their bluff and do it now to address work hunger. What do you think that would do for Tesla's image and positive marketing. That alone could cause him to make that money back. And Elon would still have well over $300B+.
There is no need to wait and "prove" anything. It does not have to permanently "solve" world hunger, just "help solve" world hunger would be enough. Undoubtedly, that amount of $$ would help save many, many lives.
I saw a story on CNN about families selling their daughters so the rest of the family could eat. Now, I know that is a political problem that even Elon's money many not solve, but given the extreme emergency compounded by Covid, he must do something now. Waiting will cause further suffering and death.
Let us loyal Tesla owners help convince Elon to do something now.
His comments came after UN World Food Programme (WFP) director David Beasley challenged the ultra-wealthy — and in particular the world's two richest men Jeff Bezos and Musk — to "step up now, on a one-time basis" to help solve world hunger in an interview with CNN last week. "$6 billion to help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don't reach them. It's not complicated," Beasley said on CNN's Connect the World program with Becky Anderson.
That sum would equate to roughly 2% of Musk's net wealth.
Addressing the billionaires directly in the CNN interview, he said: "What if it was your daughter starving to death? What if it was your family starving to death? Just, wake up, smell the coffee and help."
Elon should call their bluff and do it now to address work hunger. What do you think that would do for Tesla's image and positive marketing. That alone could cause him to make that money back. And Elon would still have well over $300B+.
There is no need to wait and "prove" anything. It does not have to permanently "solve" world hunger, just "help solve" world hunger would be enough. Undoubtedly, that amount of $$ would help save many, many lives.
I saw a story on CNN about families selling their daughters so the rest of the family could eat. Now, I know that is a political problem that even Elon's money many not solve, but given the extreme emergency compounded by Covid, he must do something now. Waiting will cause further suffering and death.
Let us loyal Tesla owners help convince Elon to do something now.
