The Billionaire Who Wasn't
How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune

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"Chuck Feeney is a remarkable role model, and the ultimate example of giving while living."—Bill Gates

"A rollicking story of how, by stealth, an Irish American obsessed by secrecy built a business empire and revolutionised philanthropy."—Economist, best books of 2007

"An engrossing look at an unusual, influential philanthropist...A superbly written, detailed look at Chuck Feeney, who gave away billions. Reads like fiction."—BusinessWeek, top ten business books of 2007

"A gripping read."—Sunday Business Post

"Chuck Feeney's success in business, coupled with his commitment to philanthropy, stands as living proof that it is possible to do well and do good at the same time."—Bill Clinton

"You may never read a book as uplifting as Conor O'Clery's The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune. In vivid, unvarnished prose, The Billionaire Who Wasn't recounts Feeney's meteoric rise from blue-collar beginnings in Elizabeth, N.J., to a perch as one of America's titans of commerce, head of Duty Free Shoppers, the largest liquor retailer in the world."—Washington Post's Express

"Feeney's beneficence already ranks among the grandest of any living American and may someday make him the most generous American philanthropist of all time."—Time

"For Americas new generation of Internet and private equity billionaires, this is an exemplary tale."—FT.com

"The riveting story of a billionaire who gave it all away disturbs deeply rooted assumptions about wealth and power...What makes him so fascinating, and gives such richness to O'Clery's brilliantly engrossing account, is that Feeney both embodies and rebukes the American Dream. O'Clery turns his prodigious research and mastery of sometimes intricate detail into a tight, pacey, crystal-clear narrative...An epic tale."—Irish Times

"An interesting and well-written book defining a man whom most of us have never heard of."—Library Journal