After accepting the music innovator award at the 2025 WSJ Innovator Awards, Billie Eilish called out billionaires for not giving more to charities – with Mark Zuckerberg in the audience
Billie Eilish has been outspoken about various causes, but she recently called out billionaires with one in the audience.
During a speech at the 2025 WSJ Innovator Awards in New York City on October 29, the 23-year-old was honored with the music innovator award. During her speech, Billie said, “Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me.”
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“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but give your money away, shorties,” she added. “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need empathy and help more than kind of ever, especially in our country.”
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The Bad Guy singer concluded, “I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things, maybe give it to some people that need it.”
One person in the crowd to whom the message applied was Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook. The billionaire, reportedly worth about $227.9 billion, was seen with his wife, Priscilla Chan, at the event.Content cannot be displayed without consent
Billie, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com, has her own staggering net worth of $50 million. Billie has also been referred to as a “nepo baby,” born to actors Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell.
Though she herself has been financially successful, the star also announced at the WSJ Innovator Awards that she was donating $11.5 million from her most recent tour—the Hit Me Hard and Soft World Tour—to charities focusing on fighting food inequity and climate change.
In an interview published in WSJ Magazine on the same day as the awards, Billie spoke about making her tour more environmentally friendly through plant-based catering, biodegradable confetti, and using recycled cotton to create merchandise.
This comes after Billie urged Congress to support humanitarian aid in Gaza. The singer commented on a TikTok made by popular children’s content creator, Ms. Rachel, that highlighted atrocities that Palestinian children are going through, including limited access to food and baby formula.
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In the video, Ms. Rachel said that individuals should “share this video & tag members of Congress & leaders.” Billie followed her instructions and tagged Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Adam Schiff, Senator Cory Booker, and Representative Jimmy Gomez.
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