THE VIDEO SHELF · philanthropy
Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story
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 HN readers recommended it
Recommended in threads on Feeney as a decent, thorough account of his anonymous giving.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- atlanticphil
- Topic
- philanthropy
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If anyone is looking for a documentary RTE (Irish broadcaster) did one a few years ago and it was decent. The institute he set up Atlantic Philanthropies has very recently closed it's door in Ireland having completed its mission. Ah found it: [VIDEO]
s_dev on Hacker News · 2018-03
In Chuck Feeney: a billionaire who gave it all awayWhat a legacy. I watched an excellent documentary on this man a few years back[0]. He donated massive sums of money (up to $1 billion) to third level institutions in Ireland, all on the condition of anonymity. I would love to see an assessment of …
dmkirwan on Hacker News · 2023-10
In Charles (Chuck) Feeney, entrepreneur who gave $8B to charity, dies at 92
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