O'Brien and the Clintons were prominent investors of time and money in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake . U.S. government agency USAID , overseen by the State Department and headed at the time by Hillary Clinton , donated millions of U.S. tax dollars to O'Brien 's Digicel company . USAID 's " Food for Peace " scheme transferred money over Digicel 's mobile network , with citizens of the stricken country being given mobile phones and free Digicel accounts , which led Digicel to " significantly expand " its customer numbers . Bill Clinton also oversaw the building and then opened a luxury Marriott Hotel in Haiti ; this hotel was owned by Digicel , which made a $ 45 million contribution ( compared to a $ 26.5 million contribution from the World Bank-affiliated International Finance Corporation )
2010 earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Denis O'Brien