Elon Musk gives $5.7bn in Tesla stock to charity

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Tesla chief executive Elon Musk donated about 5 million shares of company stock worth roughly &dollar;5&period;7 billion dollars &lpar;€5 billion&rpar; to an unidentified charity in November&comma; according to a regulatory filing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The shares were donated from November 19th-29th&comma; the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In late October&comma; Mr Musk&comma; the world’s richest man&comma; tweeted that he would sell &dollar;6 billion in Tesla stock and give the money to the United Nations World Food Programme &lpar;WFP&rpar; if the organisation would describe how the money would solve world hunger&period; But the filing did not name any recipients for the donation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>David Beasley&comma; WFP executive director&comma; said in a statement on Tuesday that the organisation has not yet received anything from Mr Musk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are millions of people around the world on the brink of starvation&period; Whether WFP receives any of this money is yet to be seen&comma; but I am excited to hear that Elon is engaged&period; This is an amazing and great first step&comma;” Mr Beasley said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a separate filing&comma; Mr Musk reported that as of December 31st he holds 231&period;7 million shares of the electric vehicle and solar panel maker’s stock&comma; or 21&period;2 per cent of the company’s total value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The amount includes 172&period;6 million shares held by his trust and options to buy another 59&period;1 million within 60 days of December 31st&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last November&comma; Mr Musk began selling shares&comma; which he said on Twitter would go to pay for his tax obligations on stock options that are part of his all-stock compensation package&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Analysts estimate his tax obligation at &dollar;10-&dollar;15 billion &lpar;€8&period;8-€13&period;2 billion&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So far he has sold more than 15 million shares worth roughly &dollar;16&period;4 billion dollars &lpar;€14&period;4 billion&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Musk had written on Twitter that he would sell 10 per cent of his stake in the company&period; With the sales in late December&comma; he is close to that figure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc3971dab3">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc3971dab3'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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