• CHUCK IS FROM WISCONSIN
• He is the great-grandson of Oscar F. Mayer, the founder of the Oscar Mayer meat processing brand.
• Chuck gave away all of his money in his 20s and spent the next several decades studying inequality.
• He is the author of more than 10 books on inequality, wealth dynasties, the truth about billionaire philanthropy, climate and other topics

He is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies.