Elon Musk offers to donate $6 billion to UN if it can solve world hunger

In this Wednesday, Dec 4, 2019 file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives at US District Court in Los Angeles. Elon Musk was cleared of defamation on Dec 6 by a jury in Los Angeles over a tweet in which he labeled a British caver “pedo guy.” Photo: AP
Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, says he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate the proceeds to the United Nations’ food agency if it could show how the money would solve world hunger.
His statement came after UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley challenged Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and other billionaires in a CNN interview last week, calling on them to step up on “a one-time basis” to help end starvation.
In the interview, Beasley said billionaires could give “$6 billion to help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don’t reach them.”
“It’s not complicated,” he said.