Feeney was born in 1931 in New Jersey, the US. His father worked in the insurance company, his mother worked as a nurse. After he graduated high school, he studied hotel management in college. During the Korean War, he served in the Air Force. He made his fortune by investing in duty-free business in airports. After he accumulated his wealth and became a billionaire, he created Atlantic Philanthropies to help people in need. He finally donated all of his money in 2016, he only kept 2 million for him. Before his death on Oct 9, 2023, he lived in a modest rented apartment in San Francisco, California. He married his first wife and had four children with her, he remarried in 1995 with his former secretary. His money helped many people on five continents, he required his name to be kept anonymous to any charities or any organizations that he donated money to. You may rarely hear similar stories like Feeney’s story in The East, but in The West, you can hear a lot of similar stories like that.