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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke...Is Now Officially Broke [View all]
If only all billionaires thought and behaved this way. Thought we could use a rare uplifting story from the billionaire class. Good man.
Charles Chuck Feeney, 89, who cofounded airport retailer Duty Free Shoppers with Robert Miller in 1960 amassed billions while living a life of monk-like frugality. As a philanthropist, he pioneered the idea of Giving While Livingspending most of your fortune on big, hands-on charity bets instead of funding a foundation upon death. Since you can't take it with youwhy not give it all away, have control of where it goes, and see the results with your own eyes?
"We learned a lot. We would do some things differently, but I am very satisfied. I feel very good about completing this on my watch," Feeney tells Forbes. "My thanks to all who joined us on this journey. And to those wondering about Giving While Living: try it, you'll like it."
Over the last four decades, Feeney has donated more than $8 billion to charities, universities, and foundations worldwide through his foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies. When I first met him in 2012, he estimated he had set aside about $2 million for his and his wife's retirement. In other words, he's given away 375,000% more money than his current net worth. And he gave it away anonymously. While many wealthy philanthropists enlist an army of publicists to trumpet their donations, Feeney went to great lengths to keep his gifts secret. Because of his clandestine, globe-trotting philanthropy campaign, Forbes called him the James Bond of Philanthropy.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2020/09/15/exclusive-the-billionaire-who-wanted-to-die-brokeis-now-officially-broke/#7351e3c3a2aa
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Sympthsical
Sep 2020
OP
While $2 million in retirement isn't exactly "broke", I truly admire giving away 3750x that.
moriah
Sep 2020
#1
You should make this an OP. SO many folks here just dont get reality & need to hear it.
oldsoftie
Sep 2020
#30
Wow. Breaking out the "taxation is NAZIism" and invoking crimes against Jewish people.
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2020
#31
My faith is indeed restored in humanity. But we hear stories of giving on DU all of the time, and
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2020
#13
Well, it's a start anyway. At least there are some people who aren't greedy bastards.
groundloop
Sep 2020
#16