I'll Give a SpaceX Share to Every Child In America
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With $14.7bn in assets at last count, the Musk Foundation is a hair smaller than the Ford Foundation and more than double the size of the Rockefeller Foundation, two longstanding pillars of philanthropy (see chart).
Bill Gates calls Elon Musk brilliant even as Musk attacks him over a Tesla short that may have cost Gates billions. Their feud reveals two competing visions of wealth, legacy, and what it actually means to change the world.
Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society.
The investigation, by The Economist, revealed that Musk Foundation’s leadership comprises just three people: Elon Musk, the head of his family office Jared Birchall, and another family-office employee,
