衣衫褴褛的富豪 Authentic Wealth
Abnormal low-key “hermit type” philanthropist
Chuck Feeney acting low-key, is the kind of deliberately anonymous “hermit type” philanthropist. He founded has $ 8 billion of “Atlantic Charitable Foundation”, in order to avoid US law regarding disclosure of information about the provisions Foundation, the Foundation of the United States to stay away from Bermuda to register. Foundation does not use the name Chuck Feeney or person’s name associated with him, he does not even require employees to tell his family own foundation where you work. According to his demanding, accepting donations of organizations can not even put a plaque for him. Most of the beneficiaries of donations do not know the source of funds, insiders must sign a confidentiality agreement: If disclose relevant information to the outside world, funding will stop.
Until 1997, Chuck Feeney’s “duty-free shopping chain” was acquired by French luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, the public did not know, Feeney in the company’s shares have been transferred to the “Atlantic Charitable Foundation” He donated the amount was more than the famous MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller family and other established!
Thereafter, continue anonymity has been unable to achieve, but Chuck Feeney and “Atlantic Charitable Foundation” is still low-key as possible, such as: do not specifically contribute news release; refusal to set up all kinds nameplate; funded the construction of the building can not be named by his name ( It is said that this can attract other philanthropists want to get the naming rights to cooperate with Feeney). In this regard, Feeney said: “Who built the building is not important, it is important buildings can be built up.”
Billionaire’s poor live
Currently, the “Atlantic Charitable Foundation” at a rate of four hundred million US dollars a year, “spend money.” Feeney appears in this world there are too many people who need help, so got a donor does not allow for delays. He laughed and swore:. “If we fail to spend this money, I can not be dead rest in peace.”
Today, Feeney left to their own less than one million US dollars of property. He has such a joke: “? How to become a millionaire you must first be a billionaire,” he said he was a “ragged philanthropist,” his frugal indeed surprising.
Feeney funded the construction of numerous buildings, he worked in the French resort, London and New York, Park Avenue, the exclusive residential area and other places with six luxury homes, but now, no one left behind. He and his second wife lived in San Francisco, a good Hull rented a room where, usually by bus, subway or taxi travel.
Feeney by selling duty-free designer goods accumulated nearly billion dollars of wealth, but he never wore designer clothes. In some formal occasions, he was wearing a pair of old glasses, which he bought from a street in the grocery store.
Feeney’s diet is very “civilian.” He said: “You can high-end restaurants, a meal eaten $ 100, but $ 25 to eat that kind of food but also to my satisfaction.”
Feeney has five children, during the holidays, they must go to hotels, restaurants and supermarkets to work. Feeney’s daughter Bailey was a teenager, there was a time to play a lot of long distance calls. Her father found a long bill after bill, immediately cut off the telephone line, and the home posted a map of the city, near the top marked public telephone.
For Feeney incognito “loose money”, the children are very much in favor. Feeney’s son Leslie said: “It makes us no different from ordinary people.”
Satisfied smile from others
Feeney’s many philanthropic projects there is one called “Operation Smile”, mainly funded plastic surgery for children with cleft palate in developing countries. On one occasion, he saw a girl ready to undergo surgery in a waiting room, the girls hand over her mouth, could not conceal his excitement and expectations. “After the surgery done, she smiled, as if to say ‘I’m no longer that you’ve seen the ugly look of the’.” Feeney said he will feel at this time, wealth is valuable.
Another time, in a restaurant, a man came up to Feeney said:. “You know, I have received your scholarship …… I’m the general manager of this restaurant chain in the” very happy it makes Feeney .
Feeney is fluent in French and Japanese, like the rest of the world around, choose the charity project, “Atlantic Charitable Foundation” donated long range beyond national boundaries, such as: traffic safety funds to provide school-age children in Vietnam, Australia Cancer Research and the Philippines provide plastic surgery facial paralysis child costs. Feeney said: “People are used to make money and become rich very attractive to most people I’m not going to tell people what to do, I just believe that if people are able to contribute to the public welfare, from which they are. get great satisfaction. ”
God there is no bank
After Chuck Feeney’s charity to be disclosed, a large number of reporters flocked to his residence at the time, we have a question in mind: Chuck Feeney in front of hundreds of millions of assets is how to do so indifferent?
Faced with all the doubts, Chuck Feeney smiled to tell a story, he said: “a fox saw vineyards laden with fruit, think of the garden Sino meal, but it is too fat, no drilling into the fence. So do not drink it for three days and three nights without food, the body lean down, and finally got to go! meal, satisfied, however, when it wants to leave, they can not get out. helplessness, it had old tricks, do not drink for three days and three nights without food. As a result, it came out, or when the stomach with the inside as well. ”
Finished this story, Chuck Feeney said: “! God there is no bank, everyone is born naked, and finally solitude away, no one can take away his life struggling to run the wealth and fame.”
The Bible teaches on the accumulation of wealth:
“Matthew,” Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal;
“Matthew” 6:20 up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Scripture is to warn people to be more on the ground (the world) to do good, do good, so people to heaven, the Lord will take this as a reward.
God’s real “bank”, it is “save” you good behavior on the ground, of course, including all acts of eligibility to enter heaven.
Please pray the Lord Jesus!
