Billionaire without billion. Bashny.Net

He is the founder of Duty Free. Him in '82, he made a fortune in the 7, 5 billion dollars. It does not matter the car, flies economy class, lives in a rented apartment. Chuck Feeney is electronic clock for 15 bucks and a crumpled shirt.

In the historic homeland, Ireland, its easily be mistaken for an American tourist. He prefers to snack restaurants, tailor - shops of consumer goods, he uses the subway or taxi.

One could call it a screw, shaking over every penny, if not for the fact that over the past 30 years he gave to charity more than $ 6 billion. The money was spent on education, health, science, the content of nursing homes in the United States, Vietnam, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Bermuda. He's not going to stop and plans until 2016 to give to good causes all the remaining money.

Moreover, this extravagant rich man is not interested in not only money but also fame: giving his billions, he tried to stay in the shadows, and the first 15 years did this quite successfully, as nobody knew about his charity work. Then came the "exposure", although after that Feeney was behaving very modestly. For example, it is known that up to 2012, he gave no more than 5 interview.

Chuck Feeney - an amazing person. Start a business from the bottom, he was able to put together a few years the company of 200 employees in 27 countries. Its revenues grew at a tremendous speed, although most of them immediately left his charitable foundation The Atlantic Philanthropies. This is Public Science and Technology, wrote in November.

"I am convinced that much more fun get when you give money and see how thanks to them that there is something, for example a hospital. This is logical - to invest in good deeds, and not to put on a bank account and allow to accumulate and accumulate, "- says Feeney.

Bill Gates called Chuck perfect role model, noting that it is the best example of how to do good in life.