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: 9781610393348

ISBN-10: 1610393341

ISBN-13: 9781610393348

Edition: 2013

Authors: Conor O'Clery

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This substantially updated edition of the Business Week bestseller and an Economist Best Book of the year” tells the story of the secretive billionaire-turned-philanthropist, who is determined to give away his fortune before he dies.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…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 8/27/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 0.946

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 Stratï¿½gique



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



Late Life Crisis



American Original



No Good Deed Goes Unpunished



Blood on the Floor



Chuck Feeney's Christmas Present to New York



Giving Away the Family Silver



The James Bond of Philanthropy


Index


Photo insert between pages