Oct 1, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
Networking is neither an art nor a science. It is a process, and Kingsley Aikins has spent a career proving it. In the second part of his conversation with Sinead Donovan, the founder of Diaspora…
And do you know what, when you were talking, it made me think of, it's almost like a global alumni.
And, you know, I always used to say when I did my job, I was mining for coal and I was mining for diamonds.
And in there, you know, in these diasporas, there are people who are incredibly successful, incredibly sense of belonging, etc.
I mean, our educational system in this country wouldn't have been where we got to were it not for this one guy.
And he was a radio operator, a US citizen, radio operator in the war in Korea, got demobbed, set up duty-free, made a fortune.
But he was a disciple of Andrew Carnegie, who was a great Scottish philanthropist, who once said, you know, he who dies rich dies disgraced.
So Andrew Carnegie and all the libraries in this country are Carnegie Libraries.
And Andrew Carnegie said that, you know, you should give away your wealth while you're alive.
He called it give while you live, rather than hang on to it and then leave it to people who have no idea what they're going to do with it.
And Chuck Feeney became a disciple of his and decided to give all his money away, mostly to education.
He wanted to give away his final check on the morning he passes away because he said, I want my check to the undertaker to bounce, which is extraordinary.
But isn't that fascinating? And Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, you know, who are massively rich philanthropists, et cetera, they say their hero in life is Chuck Feeney.
And this idea of give while you live, because one of the great shifts of money in the world today is, is the intergenerational transfer of wealth.
And do you know what, when you were talking, it made me think of, it's almost like a global alumni.
And, you know, I always used to say when I did my job, I was mining for coal and I was mining for diamonds.
And in there, you know, in these diasporas, there are people who are incredibly successful, incredibly sense of belonging, etc.
I mean, our educational system in this country wouldn't have been where we got to were it not for this one guy.
And he was a radio operator, a US citizen, radio operator in the war in Korea, got demobbed, set up duty-free, made a fortune.
But he was a disciple of Andrew Carnegie, who was a great Scottish philanthropist, who once said, you know, he who dies rich dies disgraced.
So Andrew Carnegie and all the libraries in this country are Carnegie Libraries.
And Andrew Carnegie said that, you know, you should give away your wealth while you're alive.
He called it give while you live, rather than hang on to it and then leave it to people who have no idea what they're going to do with it.
And Chuck Feeney became a disciple of his and decided to give all his money away, mostly to education.
He wanted to give away his final check on the morning he passes away because he said, I want my check to the undertaker to bounce, which is extraordinary.
But isn't that fascinating? And Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, you know, who are massively rich philanthropists, et cetera, they say their hero in life is Chuck Feeney.
And this idea of give while you live, because one of the great shifts of money in the world today is, is the intergenerational transfer of wealth.
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