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The man behind the Duty Free Shoppers retail giant who vowed to die with just $2 million to his name died Monday, his foundation announced, after giving away more than $8 billion to educational, health, science and social causes., through which he spent four decades giving away the vast majority of his wealth while going to great lengths to keep his gifts secret for most of his life.
Feeney pioneered the idea of Giving While Living, encouraging other billionaires to give big while they're around to see it, rather than funding a foundation to do so upon their deaths. The concept inspired Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to launch the Giving Pledge in 2010, which aims to convince the wealthiest people in the world to give away half their fortunes in their lifetimes.bringing peace to Northern Ireland, to allow Cornell to build a technology campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, modernizing the Vietnamese healthcare system, working toward abolishing the death penalty in the U.S. and supporting the passage of Obamacare, among other causes.
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