Los Angeles CNN —Charles “Chuck” Feeney, a retail entrepreneur and investor who amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune and then gave it all away, has died.
He died peacefully in San Francisco on Monday, the Atlantic Philanthropies, Feeney’s foundation, said on its website.
Feeney made much of his fortune after co-founding Duty Free Shoppers, a chain of duty-free airport stores specializing in luxury goods, in 1960 with an undergraduate classmate from Cornell University.
In total, the Atlantic Philanthropies made grants totaling $8 billion across five continents — much of it anonymously, the foundation said.
He gave nearly $1 billion to Cornell through his foundation since 1982, according to an obituary on Cornell’s website.
Persons:
Los Angeles CNN — Charles “ Chuck ” Feeney, Feeney, “, ” Feeney, frugally, Cornell’s, ”, Bill, Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett, —
Organizations:
Los Angeles CNN, Free Shoppers, Cornell University, DFS, Cornell
Locations:
San Francisco, Vietnam, Ireland, Elizabeth , New Jersey