Chuck Feeney was born in New Jersey to an Irish-American family
struggling to make their way in the fiercest years of the
Depression. In 1997 he called Judith Miller of the "New York Times"
to correct a widely reported fact. He was not, as Forbes and others
alleged, one of the 400 richest Americans. He was worth a
relatively modest $2 million. He had been a billionaire however,
but since 1984 he''d been quietly giving his money away, without
fanfare or recognition. Now, in 1997, he was determined to wrap up
his philanthropic efforts before he died. But that meant having to
get rid of $3.5 billion, because the fund that he had endowed was
one of the richest and most secretive of all the great
philanthropic trusts: Chuck Feeney was the money and brains behind
the Atlantic Foundation.This authorized but not approved biography
of one of the world''s richest and most secretive donors tells the
story of how Chuck Feeney made his millions - buying and selling in
post second world war Europe and Asia - and how he spent them,
giving to causes around the world as various as hospitals in
Vietnam and, controversially, Sinn Fein. More than a story of an
extraordinarily gifted and fortunate entrepreneur, it''s the tale of
what happens to a man and his family when confronted with wealth
beyond imagining, and how Feeney could come to make the decision to
get rid of almost all of it. It isn''t easy to give away $3.5
billion in good conscience. That much money requires a lot of due
diligence; and money has the habit of attracting money. As fast as
Chuck Feeney tried to deplete the foundation he found its funds
were growing through its investments.At the time of writing the
Atlantic Foundation remains one of the wealthiest and most
secretive, and Chuck Feeney is as busy today as he was a decade ago
trying to give the money away.
關於作者：
Conor O''Clery is the former New York correspondent for the Irish
Times. He now lives in County Dublin.
目錄：
AUTHOR''S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE
PART ONE 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
PART TWO 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
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