Elon Musk Donated $5 Billion Worth of Tesla Shares to Unnamed Charity in November 2021: Report

San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has donated greater than $5 billion price of Tesla shares to an unspecified charity in November 2021, Forbes reported. Musk transferred the 5,044,000 Tesla shares -- which have been price greater than $5.4 billion on the time -- over the course of 10 days in November, in accordance to a Securities and Exchange Commission submitting. Tesla Recalls Over 5.78 Lakh Cars Over a Potential Issue With Boombox Feature: Report.The submitting known as the switch a "bona fide gift" to charity, but it surely didn't say what charity acquired the shares, the report mentioned on Monday. It is unclear who Musk donated his shares to, however one month beforehand, Musk responded to an article concerning the United Nations' World Food Programme (WEF) by tweeting he'll donate $6 billion through offered Tesla inventory to the organisation if it will probably clarify how his cash would remedy world starvation.WFP Executive Director David Beasley outlined a plan on Twitter and tagged Musk days earlier than he donated the shares to an unspecified charity. Musk and Tesla didn't instantly reply to Forbes' requests for remark.In November, Musk tweeted a ballot asking his followers whether or not he ought to promote 10 per cent of his inventory in Tesla in an try to counter accusations of tax avoidance, to which almost 58 per cent of the three.5 million voters mentioned "yes". Forbes estimated Musk would want to promote some 17 million shares -- price nearly $15 billion as of Monday's shut -- to attain this objective, and he offered greater than 9 million shares in November.

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