Billionaire gives away R100 billion, leaving only 0.0002% of fortune for himself
You've probably never heard of Chuck Feeney. Nevertheless, he’s one of the strangest, most impactful people who has ever lived.
Chuck Feeney is almost certainly the greatest philanthropist the world has ever seen.
Over the last 30 years the retail magnate had a single-minded mission: to give away his entire fortune, at one time worth almost R100 billion.
It seems he has succeeded; his current net worth less than $1.5 million (R21 million).
Feeney quietly funnelled billions into education, science, healthcare and civil rights in South Africa, the US, Australia, Vietnam, Bermuda and Ireland.