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Charles Francis Feeney (April 23, 1931 – October 9, 2023) was an American businessman and philanthropist who made his fortune as a co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers Group, the travel retailer of luxury products based in Hong Kong.
Charles “Chuck” Feeney, a retail entrepreneur and investor who amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune and then gave it all away, has died. He was 92. Charles Feeney, retail entrepreneur who ...
Charles Feeney, a philanthropist who Bill Gates once called the “ultimate example of Giving While Living,” has passed away at the age of 92. Feeney, over the course of his life, gave more than ...
The Atlantic Philanthropies was a limited-life foundation (following plans for a spend-down put forward in 2002), [15] which stated it would close its doors upon the successful completion of its task of giving away to charity all of founder Chuck Feeney's fortune (except for $2 million he had set aside decades earlier for the retirement of ...
Charles “Chuck” Feeney made much of his riches selling booze, cigarettes and perfume — and gave nearly all of it away before he died. The co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group (DFS ...
In 1960, American entrepreneurs Charles Feeney [5] and Robert Warren Miller [6] founded Tourists International, which later became Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), in Hong Kong.In 1962, two DFS stores were opened at the international airports in Hong Kong and Honolulu, the first duty-free shop in the United States.
Charles Feeney. Like George Soros, Chuck Feeney gave away more of his fortune — far more — than he kept. It’s hard to imagine, in fact, that anyone has ever donated themselves into a worse ...
General Atlantic was founded in 1980 as the captive investment team inside of Atlantic Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Charles F. Feeney a co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers Group. Two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, credit Feeney as a major inspiration for both the $30 billion-strong Bill & Melinda Gates ...