It came following claims from the UN’s World Food Programme director David Beasley that two percent of the Tesla owner’s wealth could help save million of lives. He said: “We have a one-time crisis, a perfect storm of conflict, climate change and COVID. “$6billion can help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don’t reach them.”
Mr Beasley noted that Mr Musk’s net worth saw a $6billion in one day last week and called on the 50-year-old to help out.
And Mr Musk has now responded.
He wrote: “If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it.
“But it must be open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.”
Replying back to the thread, Mr Beasley stated: “$6bn will not solve world hunger, but it 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.
“With your help, we can bring hope, build stability and change the future.
“Let’s talk – It isn’t as complicated as Falcon Heavy, but too much at stake to not at least have a conversation.
“I can be on the next flight to you. Throw me out if you don’t like what you hear.”
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The restaurant group “serves real food at every price point and has created over a thousand mission-driven jobs.
“The restaurants source sustainably grown food from American farmers, stimulating the local farm economy to the tune of millions of dollars a year.
“Mr Musk’s non-profit organisation, Big Green, builds permanent, outdoor Learning Garden classrooms in hundreds of underserved schools across America reaching over 250,000 students every day.
“His urban farming company, Square Roots, brings local, real food to people in major cities by empowering next-gen farmers to grow food in indoor, modular, hydroponic farms.”