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In Bill Gates's post about changing his charitable giving goal to give most of it away in the next 20 years, he references Chuck Feeney as someone he admired.
by canucker2016 1y ago
In Bill Gates's post about changing his charitable giving goal to give most of it away in the next 20 years, he references Chuck Feeney as someone he admired.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Feeney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Feeney
Until he was 75, he traveled only in coach, and carried reading materials in a plastic bag." He did not own a car or a house and wore a $10 Casio F-91W watch
He gave away most of his fortune and required recipients not to reveal the source of the donation.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago>He gave away most of his fortune and required recipients not to reveal the source of the donation. I suppose that's one way to avoid the bad press :-P
- albumen 1y agoWiki: "Beyond Mr. Feeney's reticence about blowing his own horn, 'it was also a way to leverage more donations—some other individual might contribute to get the naming rights.'" NYT article(1): ..when asked what had driven him into such deep secrecy: “I feel it’s my life,” Mr. Feeney said. “I’d be the last guy to tell a wealthy person what to do with their money. They’re entitled to do whatever they want.” quote from his kid: "...he sheltered us from people using the money to treat us differently,” Leslie Feeney Baily said. “It made us normal people.” when asked why he had chosen to reveal himself: “A lot of wealthy people, they don’t realize they have the alternatives of spending the money for good,” he said. “If they knew it gives so much satisfaction, I wouldn’t have to persuade them." (1): https://archive.ph/gLfLY https://archive.ph/gLfLY