Elon Musk: Five million shares of Tesla are donated to charitable foundations

The billionaire, Elon Musk, would have donated 5 million shares of his company Tesla in the month of November.

According to a stock market report released this week, five million Tesla shares were donated to charitable works.

The five million shares have an equivalent of $5.7 billion, based on Tesla's stock price at the time. At today's price it would have been $4.4 billion.

The shipment of shares was made at the time that Elon Musk was responding to his tax payment obligations.

According to calculations made by US media, in the first quarter of 2021, Musk had donated more than 16,000 million dollars in Tesla shares.

The also owner of SpaceX, published on his Twitter account in December, that he was going to make the payment of 11,000 million dollars in taxes for the year 2021. These donations in most cases significantly reduce tax bills.

The fortune of the philanthropist, according to Forbes magazine, is 238,000 million dollars.

Elon Musk has repeatedly responded on his social networks to comments from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, politicians who promote the creation of a special tax for billionaires.

In 2012, Elon Musk signed the "Giving Pledge" agreement promoted in 2010 by investor Warren Buffet, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, encouraging American billionaires to donate half of their fortunes. for charity activities.