Chuck Feeney

Chuck Feeney
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Charles Francis Feeney
Haihuwa	Elizabeth (mul) , 23 ga Afirilu, 1931
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka Ireland
Mutuwa	San Francisco, 9 Oktoba 2023
Karatu
Makaranta	Cornell 1956) Cornell University School of Hotel Administration (en) St. Mary of the Assumption High School (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa, philanthropist (en) da ɗan kasuwa
Kyaututtuka	gani Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia  (10 ga Augusta, 2022)
Mamba	American Academy of Arts and Sciences (en)
Imani
Addini	Cocin katolika

Charles Francis Feeney (Afrilu 23, 1931 - Oktoba 9, 2023) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan asalin ƙasar Ireland kuma mai taimakon jama'a wanda ya sami dukiyarsa a matsayin wanda ya kafa Duty Free Shoppers Group, mai sayar da kayayyakin alfarma na tafiye-tafiye da ke Hong Kong. Shi ne wanda ya kafa Atlantic Philanthropies, ɗaya daga cikin manyan gidauniyar agaji masu zaman kansu a duniya. Feeney ya ba da dukiyarsa a ɓoye tsawon shekaru da yawa, ya zaɓi ya ɓoye sunansa, kuma ya ba da gudummawar sama da dala biliyan 8 a rayuwarsa.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Feeney a Elizabeth, New Jersey, a ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 1931, a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin Halin Kunci, ga iyayensa ' yan asalin ƙasar Ireland . [1] [2] Mahaifiyarsa ma'aikaciyar jinya ce a asibiti, kuma mahaifinsa ma'aikacin inshora ne. [3] Asalin zuriyarsa ana iya samo shi ne daga Gundumar Fermanagh da ke Arewacin Ireland .

A lokacin ƙuruciya, Feeney ya yi aiki yana sayar da katunan Kirsimeti daga gida zuwa gida, a matsayin mai kula da golf, da kuma yin shara a kan dusar ƙanƙara daga hanyoyin shiga. Ya kammala karatunsa daga makarantar sakandare ta Elizabeth's St. Mary ta Assumption a shekarar 1949, daga baya kuma ya yaba wa iliminsa na sadaka. Gudummawar da ya bayar a shekarar 2016 ta dala 250,000 ita ce mafi girma a tarihin makarantar daga mai ba da gudummawa guda ɗaya. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai aiki da rediyo na Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Koriya kuma ya fara aikinsa yana sayar da giya mara haraji ga ma'aikatan ruwan Amurka a tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Bahar Rum a shekarun 1950.

Feeney ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Gudanar da Otal ta Jami'ar Cornell a shekarar 1956. Ya kasance memba na Alpha Sigma Phi kuma memba na girmamawa na Sphinx Head Society .

7Sana'a

Manufar "siyayya ba tare da haraji ba" - tana ba da rangwame mai yawa ga matafiya ba tare da harajin shigo da kaya ba - tana cikin ƙuruciya lokacin da Feeney da abokin karatunsa na kwaleji Robert Warren Miller suka fara sayar da giya ba tare da haraji ba ga sojojin Amurka a Asiya a shekarun 1950. Daga baya sun faɗaɗa zuwa sayar da motoci da taba kuma suka kafa Duty Free Shoppers Group (DFS Group) a shekarar 1960. DFS ta fara aiki a Hong Kong, daga baya ta faɗaɗa zuwa Turai da sauran nahiyoyi. Wani ci gaba ya zo a farkon shekarun 1960 lokacin da DFS ta sami rangwame don siyar da kayayyaki ba tare da haraji ba a Hawaii, wanda ya ba kamfanin damar tallata kayayyakinsa ga matafiya na Japan.

Daga ƙarshe DFS ta faɗaɗa zuwa shagunan da ba a biyan haraji a filin jirgin sama da manyan shagunan Galleria a tsakiyar gari, inda ta zama babbar dillalin tafiye-tafiye a duniya. A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, DFS tana rarraba ribar har zuwa dala miliyan 300 a shekara ga Feeney, Miller, da ƙananan abokan hulɗa biyu. Laura Bird ta rubuta a cikin Jaridar Wall Street : "Ribar mai yawa ta samo asali ne a babban ɓangare saboda DFS, kamar yawancin sauran dillalai a Asiya, ta ɗauki mafi girman maki akan kayayyakin alfarma na Yamma fiye da yadda yake a Turai da Amurka. A New York, dillali na iya farashin jaka mai ƙira a farashin 2.2 ko sau 2.3 na farashin jumla. Amma a Asiya, farashin siyarwa ya kasance na yau da kullun sau uku na jumla."

Accolades

Mujallar Forbes ta kira Feeney da " James Bond of Philanthropy" saboda yadda ya yi amfani da sirri da kuma nasarar da ya samu wajen bayar da gudummawar kimanin dala biliyan 8 ga ƙungiyoyin agaji daban-daban ba tare da an ambaci sunansa ba. A shekarar 1997, Time ya ce "alherin Feeney ya riga ya kasance cikin mafi girman matsayi a cikin kowane Ba'amurke mai rai." Ya guji tallatawa, kodayake ya yi aiki tare a cikin tarihin rayuwarsa na 2007, The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Made and He Beyond a Disaster Ba tare da Kowa Ya Sani ba . Feeney shi ma batun wani shirin gaskiya ne na RTÉ Factual, mai taken Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story .