By Jeffrey Dastin

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has urged long-time associate Elon Musk to quit the Giving Pledge under which signatories leave the majority of their wealth to charity.

In transcripts and audio of lectures given by Thiel and shared with Reuters, Thiel in September recalled how he recently warned Musk that his wealth would go “to left-wing nonprofits that will be chosen by Bill Gates.”

Musk, now the world’s richest man with an estimated $486 billion fortune, signed onto the Giving Pledge in 2012. Co-founded by Gates, the pledge asks signatories to give to charitable causes of their choosing, in their lifetime or in their wills. Gates has funded global health and gender equality

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