Once I met the Irish Prime Minister, who was wearing a pair of old glasses with pins and bought them from the street grocery store.
He once owned six mansions in London, Paris and new york Park Avenue. Now, none of them are left. He and his wife live in a rented one-bedroom apartment.
When my daughter Bailey was a teenager, she made a lot of long-distance calls for a while. When her father found the long telephone bill, he immediately cut off the telephone line and posted a city map at home, which marked the public telephones nearby.
After the war, the economy developed rapidly and tourism flourished. Many countries have relaxed restrictions on domestic travel. Just like Japanese tourists today, citizens in Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries have plenty of cash.
They took a lot of money and went to buy buy all over the world to buy them. Chuck, on the other hand, seized the opportunity to buy luxury goods such as perfume, watches and purses in duty-free shops around the world. I also hired a beautiful girl as a shopping guide and paid the tour guide who took the tourists. I feel that he has played everything we played today ...
First of all, in order to avoid the relevant provisions of American law on information disclosure of foundations, he went to Bermuda in the United States to register.
The name of the registered foundation does not use the name of Chuck Fini or anyone related to him.
He even asked the employees of the foundation not to tell their families where they work.
According to his strict requirements, the donor agency can't put a nameplate on him.
Most of the beneficiaries of donations don't know the source of funds, and the insiders must sign a confidentiality agreement: if the relevant information is leaked, the funding will stop.
Even Cornell University, which received a donation of $588 million, was distressed by such harsh hidden donations. At that time, Mr. Rhodes, the president, said: I must try my best to explain to the board that the money is not from unknown sources, nor from mafia or terrorists. ...
Connor, a famous Irish biographer, was moved by this invisible rich man. He followed Chuck for two years and wrote A Billionaire Not a Billionaire: How Chuck Fini secretly amassed and distributed wealth.
Chuck said, "God doesn't have a bank. Everyone is born naked and finally dies. No one can take away the wealth and reputation he has worked hard all his life! "
"People are used to making money, and it is very attractive for most people to become rich. I didn't tell people what to do. I just believe that if people can contribute to public welfare, they will get great satisfaction from it. "
Perhaps it is this kind of behavior and discourse that drives the rich in the American internet science and technology and financial circles to donate naked.
At present, Chuck is spreading his wealth at a rate of $400 million a year. In the end, his foundation will donate 8 billion US dollars (about 56 billion yuan). In his view, there are too many people in need of help in the world, and donations can't be delayed at all.
He smiled and swore: "I can't spend all this money, and I can't die with my eyes closed."
Funding for cancer research in Australia and plastic surgery for children with facial paralysis in the Philippines.
Establish a "Smile Action" fund to provide free medical expenses for children with cleft palate in developing countries.
Once, in the waiting room, he saw a girl who was about to undergo surgery. The girl covered her mouth with her hand, unable to conceal her excitement and expectation. "After the operation, she smiled as if to say,' I am not the person you saw before'." Chuck said that at such a moment, he would feel that wealth is valuable.
He also bought a lot of medical supplies to train doctors in Cuba and injected huge funds to control plagues and diseases in Africa. Such charities emerge one after another.
In 20 17, chuck himself will complete all donations, and his Atlantic foundation will end its mission in 2020.