In the original post, he had written, “Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?”
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In the original post, he had written, “Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?”
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“It certainly isn’t needed to operate Wikipedia," he wrote. "You can literally fit a copy of the entire text on your phone! So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know…”
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He then added in a separate post, “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia... in the interests of accuracy.”
Musk is currently the richest person in the world with a net worth of $468 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which also recorded his wealth as having increased by a staggering $239 billion year-to-date.
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