For most of his life, Chuck Feeney looked nothing like a billionaire. He flew economy class, wore inexpensive clothes, carried papers in plastic bags, and lived in rented apartments instead of sprawling mansions. Strangers passing him in airports would never have guessed that he was one of the richest men in the world. Yet behind that modest lifestyle was a secret mission that would eventually make Feeney one of the most influential philanthropists in modern history. Over several decades, the co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers quietly gave away nearly his entire $8 billion fortune, determined to fulfil what he called his dream of ‘dying broke’.
