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Author:
O'Clery, Conor.
Title:
The billionaire who wasn't : how Chuck Feeney secretly made and gave away a fortune / Conor O'Clery.
Publisher:
Public Affairs
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Feeney, Chuck,--1931-
Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
Billionaires--United States--Biography.
Philanthropists--United States.
Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
DFS Galleria (Firm)
Notes:
SAU copy: Gift for the Timothy Walch Collection of Irish and Catholic Americana. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The umbrella boy -- The sandwich man -- Banging the ring -- Cockamamy flyers -- Riding the tiger -- The perfect storm -- The Sandwich Islands -- Hong Kong crocodiles -- Surrounding Japan -- How much is rich? -- Boremuda -- Four guys in a room -- Rich man, poor man -- Don't ask, don't tell -- Rich, ruthless, and determined -- The wise man cometh -- Stepping down -- Show me the building -- Four guys in a coffee shop -- The French connection -- Musical chairs -- Cutting the baby in half -- Erreur strategique -- "A great op." -- Golden heart -- Bowerbird -- A nation transformed -- Charity begins at home -- Geographical creep -- The old Turks -- No pockets in a shroud -- Not a moment to lose.
ISBN:
1586483919
9781586483913
LCCN:
2007299698
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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