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February 11, 2020
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A Hometown Gift
A no-strings-attached bequest has helped Greenville, S.C., promote social mobility, health, culture, and much more.
John Hollingsworth’s fortune is being used to create and expand nonprofits that make Greenville, S.C., a better place to live. Here, Nick Burns works on a painting in his studio space during an event Greenville Center for Creative Arts holds for the public the first Friday of every month.
John Hollingsworth, who invented and sold textile-manufacturing equipment, was a different kind of millionaire. Despite owning a company with subsidiaries in nine countries and land holdings of about 42,000 acres, he lived in a modular home behind...