The Billionaire Who Gave Away His Entire Fortune

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How Chuck Feeney made his fortune and then secretly gave it all away. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Humble Beginnings 0:42 Military Service and Education 1:23 Birth of a Business Idea 1:52 Building the Duty-Free Empire 2:53 Overcoming Financial Struggles 3:44 Explosive Growth of Duty Free Shoppers 5:06 The Wealth He Didn’t Want 6:52 A Life-Changing Realization 7:40 Founding The Atlantic Philanthropies 9:52 The End of Anonymity 11:16 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant I highly recommend the book The Billionaire Who Wasn't by Conor O'Clery: https://a.co/d/et4NYJL Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: Forbes Magazine building: NYU FC 2 (Wikis Take Manhattan 2009 participant), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Austin Healey car: By Br51zey - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32576746 Sunbeam Tiger car: By Steve Brown from Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA -1965 Sunbeam Tiger, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=496361991960 Volkswagen: Theresia Freistetter, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsHonolulu Airport welcome sign: hellochris, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Kai Tak Airport: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsKai Tak Airport landing view: By Thudfinger - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126416830 Ballatine’s scotch whisky image: Pernod Ricard, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsDodge Matador: By FaceMePLS - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109083891964 Chrysler Windsor: Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsStage Deli in NYC: By star5112 - Stage Deli, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22938428 Japan Airlines plane landing at Honolulu International Airport: Jon Proctor (GFDL 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.htmlor GFDL 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html), via Wikimedia Commons Air Hong Kong at Kai Tak Airport: Kambui, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsCasio F-91W watch: By Ashley Pomeroy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29685881 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport building: Sunnya343, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAlaska Airlines: By Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA - Alaska Airlines 737, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11549928 Alaska Airlines in winter: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Statler Hotel at Cornell University: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Clean water (East Meets West Foundation): By Twodoor82 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18500312 LVMH homepage: Jernej Furman from Slovenia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Cornell Tech buildings at Cornell University: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsTang Welcome Center at Cornell University images: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons