Chuck Feeney

You think about Jack Ma in China.

You think of Chuck Feeney in post-war Japan when he started doing his duty-free business.

Sometimes you just, you know, the stars align, and you happen to be in the right place at a time where a country is opening up to the rest of the world.

We saw it with China.

And in that '67 season, he won 22 games and lost 10.

Chuck Feeney, who was with the Giants and now the president of the National League, claims that as one of his great deals.

Well, it certainly paid off for him because McCormick won the Cy Young Award that year.

Here's a breaking pitch that's outside, and it's a walk to Cleon.

Foul back.

What's your position on that, Chuck?

Uh, I don't know.

Um, I would say that...

Did Chuck Feeney go to medical school? I don't really know.

There's, I don't think there's any, I don't think- If you really want to know, he went to Columbia High School in South Orange, New Jersey, and matriculated at Dartmouth College in the hills of Hanover Well, then they ought to have six umpires.

[laughs] That's right.

An occasional moment of excellence by Chet Ford.

The ball slammed right up against the radio booth, hitting just below Ralph Kretzer's.

And it came closer to Chuck Feeney than anybody.

Pitching two and two.

Swing, and a miss.

A bench and over toward the corner of the Reds dugout.

In the direction of a VIP box where Chuck Feeney, the president of the National League, is seated.

Red flag, the secretary and supervisor of umpires for the National League.

And President Emeritus Warren Giles.

David, good to see you, man.

I read somewhere that you're a big fan of Chuck Feeney.

Do you want to explain who that is? And like, how's that shaped what NewBank is?

Wow, great question.

In Australia, you saw similar things with Peter Beattie in Queensland and the Smart State Initiative, and that he was an orchestrator along with John Hay, who was the Vice-Chancellor.

But there was also the philanthropy money that came into it as well through Atlantic Philanthropies, and again, an orchestrator through Chuck Feeney.

Now, the condition was, yes, the funds will flow, provided there's collaboration.

So that learning, I guess, stayed with me over many years.

I didn't get rich by spending all this money.

Well, you know, I mean, Chuck Feeney, in fairness, like, what a legend.

And Bill Gates is also trying to do quite a lot in that.

Like, there are good billionaires out there.