Billionaire Who Wasn't How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune

Name: Billionaire Who Wasn't How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
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ISBN: 9781586486426

ISBN-10: 158648642X

ISBN-13: 9781586486426

Edition: 2008

Authors: Conor O'Clery

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Chuck Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to a blue-collar Irish-American family during the Depression. After service in the Korean War, he made a fortune as founder of Duty Free Shoppers, the world's largest duty-free retail chain. By 1988, he was hailed by Forbes Magazine as the twenty-fourth richest American alive. But secretly Feeney had already transferred all his wealth to his foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies. Only in 1997 when he sold his duty free interests, was he "outed" as one of the greatest and most mysterious American philanthropists in modern times. After going "underground" again, he emerged in 2005 to cooperate on a biography promoting giving while living. Now in…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Publication date: 9/23/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Conor O'Clery is a journalist for The Irish Times who has specialized in Irish politics and Anglo-Irish relations. He is the author of Melting Snow and Daring Diplomacy.



Author's Note and Acknowledgments


Prologue



Making It



The Umbrella Boy



The Sandwich Man



Banging the Ring



Cockamamy Flyers



Riding the Tiger



The Perfect Storm



The Sandwich Islands



Hong Kong Crocodiles



Surrounding Japan



Going Underground



How Much Is Rich?



Boremuda



Four Guys in a Room



Rich Man, Poor Man



Don't Ask, Don't Tell



The Luck of the Irish



Leaving Money on the Table



Rich, Ruthless, and Determined



The Wise Man Cometh



Stepping Down



Show Me the Building



Four Guys in a Coffee Shop



Breaking Up



The French Connection



Musical Chairs



Cutting the Baby in Half



Erreur Strategique



Giving It Away



"A Great Op."



Golden Heart



Bowerbird



A Nation Transformed



Charity Begins at Home



Geographical Creep



The Old Turks



No Pockets in a Shroud



Not a Moment to Lose


Epilogue


Index