Twitter has gone haywire over Elon Musk’s latest move. An entrepreneur’s request for WHO acquisition might have set the wheels in motion for Elon Musk. The tweet came from Dr. Eli David, who proposed the former Twitter CEO buy WHO from Microsoft founder Bill Gates. What was stranger than the request was the fact Elon Musk took the time to respond to it.
Despite being brilliant minds and tech billionaires, Elon Musk and Bill Gates haven’t seen eye to eye. But if the Tesla boss makes the right offer, he might add another organization to his ever-expanding portfolio. People are making much of this tweet because the last time Musk showed interest, he purchased Twitter.
Elon Musk Inquires About The Cost Of WHO
Once again, Elon Musk has got everyone talking. The tech billionaire is not done with buying assets and using them to solve global connectivity problems. His next destination is not a piece of technology but to eliminate diseases and pandemics. While Musk hasn’t discussed it publicly, his price queries indicate genuine interest.
It all started with Dr. Eli David’s tweet to Musk asking if the billionaire could buy Bill Gates’ share of WHO. Bill Gates, who contributed roughly 15% to WHO’s funding in 2019, is said to have too much influence over the organization’s interest. Dr. Eli wants someone with the power to buy Gates’ WHO shares and run the organization democratically, asking, “.@elonmusk, can you buy WHO from Bill Gates and make it about health?”
.@elonmusk, can you buy WHO from Bill Gates and make it about health?
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) June 10, 2023
Elon Musk gets tweets like this daily where people either blame him or call him a messiah. The world took notice of this tweet when Musk began asking for primary details in his tweet, “How much does it cost?” Dr. David quickly came up with calculations and responded to him with a price from which Musk could start to negotiate- WHO’s annual budget is $7B while its yearly losses come up to more than $700B.
How much does it cost?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2023
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Twitter’s Reaction To Elon Musk Looking Into WHO Purchase
At this point, it’s great PR for Elon Musk and exciting news for the stockholders. But in the future, he must grant some degree of autonomy to the organization. As far as Twitter goes, people are losing their minds over this potential deal. @dorissiefen sees this as just another business deal from one businessman to another and asks in her tweet, “Is this irony ?”
Is this irony ?
— Doris Siefen (@dorissiefen) June 12, 2023
Another user @LeslieT85946348 makes a great point that makes it seem like a waste of financial resources, “They spend more on travel than anything else.”
They spend more on travel than anything else.
— Leslie Temple (@LeslieT85946348) June 12, 2023
@wood_biggie wants to know how Dr. David came up with the numbers and the factors that went into his decision, “How are you doing your costing? Life expectancy has increased by >16years since its inauguration. Are you perhaps equating increased life expectancy as a societal cost? Curious”
How are you doing your costing? Life expectancy has increased by >16years since its inauguration. Are you perhaps equating increased life expectancy as a societal cost? Curious
— Biggie Wood (@wood_biggie) June 13, 2023
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