Elon Musk offers €5.1bn if UN shows how it will solve world hunger

In the interview, Mr Beasley said billionaires could give “six billion dollars to help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don’t reach them”

Elon Musk (Brian Lawless/PA)

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has said he will sell $6bn (€5.1) worth of Tesla stock and donate the proceeds to the United Nations’ food agency if it can show how the money would solve world hunger.

His statement came after UN World Food Programme executive director David Beasley challenged Mr 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.