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Billie Eilish calls out billionaires in front of Mark Zuckerberg<\/p>\n
The Grammy Award-winning singer addressed billionaires in attendance while accepting Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator in Music award.<\/p>\n
Billie Eilish<\/a> is short on kind words for Tesla founder Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n After calling out billionaires during her WSJ Innovator Awards speech<\/a> last month, the pop musician is condemning the Tesla CEO, after shareholders approved a deal that could make him the world’s first trillionaire.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Nov. 13, the “Birds of a Feather<\/a>” singer shared an Instagram post by the My Voice, My Choice<\/a> initiative detailing what Musk could do if he reaches trillionaire status.<\/p>\n The post suggests Musk dedicate his wealth toward philanthropy efforts, including spending $40 billion annually to combat world hunger, $10 billion annually to vaccinate 140 million newborns for the next 100 years and $53.2 billion to rebuild Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n After sharing several slides, Eilish wrote a brief remark on her Instagram Story<\/a> on Thursday, Nov. 13, directed toward Musk that included the words “pathetic” and “coward” as well as three expletives.<\/p>\n USA TODAY has reached out to Tesla for comment.<\/p>\n Is Elon Musk<\/a> a trillionaire already?<\/p>\n Musk is not a trillionaire, though there is a chance he could be after Tesla shareholders agreed to grant him shares worth trillions on Nov. 6 if the company reaches its financial and operational goals over the next decade.<\/p>\n If successful, the company’s market value will reach $8.5 trillion and Musk will own a quarter of the stock, Reuters reported. Among the goals were increasing paid subscriptions to its self-driving software to 10 million and selling one million humanlike robots.<\/p>\n “What we\u2019re about to embark upon is not merely a new chapter of the future of Tesla, but a whole new book,” Musk told shareholders.<\/p>\n Already the world’s richest person, the South African native leveraged his availability and focus amid negotiations and said he would prioritize his other companies, like SpaceX and Neutralink,<\/a> if the deal failed, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n Is Elon Musk a philanthropist?<\/p>\n Musk has previously donated money to philanthropic efforts, notably in 2012 when he signed the Musk Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge<\/a>, a commitment where the world’s wealthiest agree to give at least 50% of their wealth to charity.<\/p>\n In 2001, he and his brother, Kimbal Musk<\/a>, founded the private charitable Musk Foundation, which has donated more than $450 million in total for the past three years.<\/p>\n The organization has faced scrutiny after the New York Times<\/a> reported that it failed to donate the required 5% threshold for the 2023 tax year, as well as the two prior tax years. The company fell short $421 million of the amount required to avoid a penalty to the Internal Revenue Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n He has previously expressed skepticism about charity, adding that his for-profit ventures have a greater impact on the world at large. Last year, he told the New York Times that he’s “done more for the environment than any single human on Earth.”<\/p>\n Contributing: Reuters<\/p>\n