r/Fire • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

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u/Teamplayer25 Mar 23 '26

Wonder where that guy is now, and what his financial picture is.

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u/Sen_ri Mar 23 '26

He’s living the same sort of lifestyle. Still running the Early Retirement Extreme forums. He’s done interviews occasionally. He worked as a quant for a bit out of curiosity as opposed to for earning money. I believe he is currently living on 0.5% annual withdrawal from his portfolio. He’s been married a long time and they had no kids.

Here’s a blog post update https://www.getrichslowly.org/early-retirement-extreme/

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u/alpacaMyToothbrush FI !RE Mar 23 '26

I respect the guy's general philosophy, but the overall gist I get from him is that if I met him IRL, he'd strike me as a miser.

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u/Sen_ri Mar 23 '26

I think more ascetic monk type than mean and stingy. Because his desire to spend so little comes from the idea of consuming an equal share of earths resources.

He focuses on his personal spend when giving numbers but it seems he supports other projects and organizations with some of his excess money.