Chuck Feeney

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 . 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1931
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