Housel: Chuck Feeney lived lavishly with mansions and yachts before choosing frugality
Morgan Housel · Morgan Housel – The Art of Spending Money (EP.466) · Oct 20, 2025 · at 25:33
Author Morgan Housel discusses Duty Free Shoppers co-founder Chuck Feeney's relationship with wealth on Capital Allocators.
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“The less well-known part of his story is that when he became wealthy in the 19 eighties, when he first became a billionaire, he lived like a billionaire. He had multiple mansions. He had a private jet. He had a yacht. He lived like quintessential billionaire. And he didn't like it.”
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