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This new edition gives a blow by blow account of the fight by Chuck Feeney, one of the world s most innovative and generous givers, to retain control of his foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies. The bitter and prolonged boardroom clash almost tore the foundation apart and led to a parting of the ways with his most trusted advisor. This updated edition also reveals how Feeney, described by Forbes magazine as the James Bond of Philanthropy , has become the model for Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in their drive to encourage the mega-rich to pledge a portion of their wealth to philanthropy. Feeney has donated more than six billion dollars to health and education projects around the world while refusing public credit and enduring a frugal lifestyle. The new edition also tells the inside story of how Feeney came to make one of the biggest-ever gifts in philanthropy that could transform New York City. His foundation will exhaust his funds and close its doors by 2016. He calls it Giving while living . As he told Warren Buffett: I want my last cheque to bounce.

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'RivetingA...a genuinely fascinating bookA... As one might expect from the best Irish reporter of modern times, O'Clery turns his prodigious research and mastery of sometimes intricate detail into a tight, pacy, crystal-clear narrative.'Irish TimesA"Feeney himself emerges as a complex character, a driven and hard-nosed businessman who asked himself profound questions about the purpose of wealth, and who seems to have devoted as much energy to giving money away as he did to making itA... For America's new generation of internet and private equity billionaires, this is an exemplary tale.A"FT
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The curious life of the secretive billionaire-turned-philanthropist, now substantially updated with a fascinating coda

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  • PublisherPublicAffairs
  • Publication date2013
  • ISBN 10 1610393341
  • ISBN 13 9781610393348
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