Results List
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New award honors Feeney for entrepreneurship, generosity
Source: EZRA
By Kathy Hovis Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and the university’s most generous donor, will be the first recipient of a new Cornell award created in his name to honor successful entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to giving…
Resource type: News
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How Private Wealth Can Change the World
Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered this speech at an international conference held by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin: The Era of Citizens – How Civil Society and Foundations are Shaping the Future. The conference was opened by German…
Resource type: Speech
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Silent philanthropy finally comes out
Source: Business Day
By Katy Chance. A “ROLLICKING story of how, by stealth, an Irish American obsessed with secrecy built a business empire and revolutionised philanthropy”, is how The Economist describes the 2007 book, The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: how Chuck Feeney secretly made and gave away a fortune,…
Resource type: News
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A fortunate life to give
Source: The Courier Mail (Australia)
By Stefanie Balogh Billionaire American Chuck Feeney, who has bankrolled much of Queensland's scientific and medical research, began his philanthropy in secret, writes Stefanie Balogh in New York FRUGAL to the point of eccentricity, Chuck Feeney travels the world economy class, wears a cheap plastic…
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“Morir rico es una desgracia”. Fundó un imperio, fue una de las personas más ricas del mundo, pero donó todo su fortuna: 8 mil millones de dólares
Source: La Nacion
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Charles Feeney, el multimillonario que regaló su fortuna de 8.000 millones de dólares en vida y se quedó sin nada[/caption] Constanza Bengochea LA NACION Hace un año, una noticia sacudió al mundo financiero: Charles “Chuck” Feeney había muerto. Falleció a los…
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Chuck Feeney, Cornell’s ‘third founder,’ dies at 92
Source: Cornell Chronicle
Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and Cornell University’s most generous donor, died Oct. 9 in San Francisco. He was 92. Feeney, who quietly devoted his fortune to worldwide causes for decades, invested nearly $1 billion in Cornell through the…
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Philanthropist Chuck Feeney dies aged 92
Source: RTE
Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney has died at the age of 92. Through Atlantic Philanthropies, Feeney gave almost $9 billion to various causes. Feeney was born in New Jersey in 1931 during the Great Depression of Irish American parents. He was the first in his family…
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Cornell Tech campus to name ‘Feeney Way’
Source: Cornell Chronicle
By Joe Wilensky There will soon be a second “Feeney Way” at Cornell: a central thoroughfare at Cornell Tech to be named in honor of the transformative impact and legacy of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, the university’s most generous donor. The former East Avenue…
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‘Feeney Way’ officially unveiled on donor’s 90th birthday
Source: Cornell Chronicle
By Joe Wilensky Today, April 23, 2021, marks both the 90th birthday of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56 and the official unveiling of Feeney Way on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, honoring the man who has been called the university’s “third founder.” Feeney, the founding chairman of…
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Giving While Living: Chuck Feeney’s Role in This World
Source: Daily Maverick
The term “Giving While Living” is globally associated with Chuck Feeney, the Founding Chair of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a major international philanthropic foundation. He is the “anonymous donor”, a man who lives to give away billions. [caption id="attachment_79484" align="alignnone" width="849"] Photo: Charles Feeney –…
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