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Mike Wehner
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- Charles "Chuck" Feeney, a multi-billionaire that has lived mostly under the radar while giving huge chunks of his fortune to charitable causes, has finally given it all away.
- Feeney donated over $8 billion during his lifetime and now lives in an apartment in San Francisco.
- He is credited with a great many things, including revitalizing Vietnam's healthcare system and helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland.
If you've never heard of Charles "Chuck" Feeney, that's okay. He didn't make his fortune by heading a flashy mega-corp like Google or Microsoft, but he still managed to amass a truly incredible fortune over his lifetime. Feeny was a co-founder of a retail chain called Duty Free Shoppers which specialized in luxury goods, and he's gradually been giving away his lifetime's worth of earnings over the past few decades.
Now, at age 89, he's finally fulfilled a promise he made to "die broke," Feeny has released what remained of his over $8 billion fortune through Atlantic Philanthropies, a foundation he founded that funneled the money to a wide range of causes, including universities and charities. As Forbes reports, he's done almost all of his giving in secret.
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Billionaire keeps promise to ‘die broke,’ gives away his entire $8 billion fortune originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 18 Sep 2020 at 12:36:10 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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