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

Author:   Conor O'Clery
Publisher:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
ISBN:  

9781586486426


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 September 2008
Format:   Paperback
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The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune


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Author:   Conor O'Clery
Publisher:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.371kg
ISBN:  

9781586486426


ISBN 10:   158648642
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 September 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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'RivetingA...a genuinely fascinating bookA... As one might expect from the best Irish reporter of modern times, O'Clery turns his prodigious research and mastery of sometimes intricate detail into a tight, pacy, crystal-clear narrative.'Irish TimesA Feeney himself emerges as a complex character, a driven and hard-nosed businessman who asked himself profound questions about the purpose of wealth, and who seems to have devoted as much energy to giving money away as he did to making itA... For America's new generation of internet and private equity billionaires, this is an exemplary tale.A FT


"'RivetingA...a genuinely fascinating bookA... As one might expect from the best Irish reporter of modern times, O'Clery turns his prodigious research and mastery of sometimes intricate detail into a tight, pacy, crystal-clear narrative.'Irish TimesA""Feeney himself emerges as a complex character, a driven and hard-nosed businessman who asked himself profound questions about the purpose of wealth, and who seems to have devoted as much energy to giving money away as he did to making itA... For America's new generation of internet and private equity billionaires, this is an exemplary tale.A""FT"


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Conor O'Clery is the former New York correspondent for the Irish Times. He now lives in County Dublin.

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