Elon Musk, now the richest man in the world, whose fortune amounts to a whopping $ 311 billion, counters David Beasley, the head of the United Nations World Food Program. Beasley tweeted in late October that a sixth of Musk’s deal with car rental company Hertz (36 billion) would help save 42 million lives at risk from the famine.
Beasley told CNN that only two percent of Musk’s fortune would be enough to feed all the hungry people in the world. “Six billion dollars to help 42 million people who will literally die if we don’t reach them. It’s not complicated, ”said Beasley.
Musk responded to David Beasley’s comments via Twitter. “If the WFP can describe in this Twitter thread exactly how six billion dollars will solve hunger in the world, I will immediately sell Tesla stock and do it,” Musk replied on Twitter on Sunday. Of course, Tesla CEO, whose fortune amounts to a whopping 311 billion dollars, also sets conditions: “But it has to be open accounting so that the public can see exactly how the money is being spent”.
Beasley has already replied: “I can assure you that we have the systems for transparency and open source accounting. Your team can check it out and work with us to be absolutely sure of it. ” In addition, he made it clear once again that this sum is not about ending hunger around the world. Instead, he only spoke of the current hunger crisis. This has reached particularly severe proportions due to the Covid 19 pandemic, climate change, rising food prices and armed conflicts. The countries that have been hardest hit include Yemen and South Sudan.
