This Secretive Ex-billionaire Gives Away Last Fortune for Education of Irish Children


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Chuck Feeney was known as a ruthless businessman who has piled a fortune estimated at 4 billion. Now the 83-year-old is giving the last of his fortune all away.

After three decades of philanthropy, his Atlantic Philanthropies pledged nearly 25 million to Northern Ireland to educate children, and provide funds to parenting programs and improvements to dementia care.

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