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The Billionaire Who Wasn´t: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
Conor O´clery
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Description for The Billionaire Who Wasn´t: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
Paperback. Chuck Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to an Irish-American family struggling to make their way in the fiercest years of the Depression. This biography of one of the world's richest and most secretive donors tells the story of how he made his millions - buying and selling in post second world war Europe and Asia - and how he spent them. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pp. b/w photo insert on text. BIC Classification: BGB; JKSN1; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
434 g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781610393348
SKU
V9781610393348
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About Conor O´clery
Conor O'Clery is an award-winning journalist and author who served as foreign correspondent for The Irish Times in London, Moscow, Beijing, Washington, and New York. He has written books on Russian, Irish, and American politics. He now lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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