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Philanthropist Chuck Feeney dies aged 92, with $8B ‘giving while living’ legacy

The entrepreneur was the ultimate example of using wealth to do good.

“It’s much more fun to give while you are alive than to give when you are dead,” said Chuck Feeney, one of America’s most prolific philanthropists.

The multi-billionaire entrepreneur who made his fortune as co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and pledged to give away all but $2 mil

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