Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story
What it is
An RTE documentary on Chuck Feeney, the Atlantic Philanthropies founder who secretly gave away his fortune. It covers his Giving While Living approach and his gifts to Irish education.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended in threads on Feeney as a decent, thorough account of his anonymous giving.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“If anyone is looking for a documentary RTE (Irish broadcaster) did one a few years ago and it was decent.”
Irish broadcaster documentary on Feeney's giving
s_dev, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Chuck Feeney: a billionaire who gave it all away”
“I watched an excellent documentary on this man a few years back[0].”
Documentary on Feeney's anonymous donations to Irish universities
dmkirwan, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Charles (Chuck) Feeney, entrepreneur who gave $8B to charity, dies at 92”
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Topics: chuck feeney, giving while living, billionaires, ireland, charity
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