Elon Musk announces donation of SpaceX shares to every child in the US

What the sources report

Elon Musk pledged on Monday that next year he will give one of his own SpaceX shares to "every child in America". Euronews Greek

He wrote this on X, the social media platform he owns. Mononews

He added that «this will be the first of a long series», without giving details of his plan. Alpha

The commitment came one day after Anthropic announced that it will allocate 5% of its shares to a new «public benefit» fund; Musk had responded that he proposes giving the shares directly to the public. Euronews Greek

The announcement was made two weeks before the US midterm elections. Kathimerini

Where they differ

The estimated value of the donation is reported differently: Euronews Greek puts it at about 10.66 billion dollars, based on about 73 million children, while Powergame puts it at about 10.5 billion dollars, based on 72 million children. Euronews Greek Powergame

Musk's stake in SpaceX is reported differently: Alpha cites 38% according to Forbes, while liberal.gr cites a 48.4% stake, based on a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Alpha liberal.gr