While speaking at on a panel in July, Brazilian financier Jorge Paulo Lemann said, "It's a horror that everybody in Switzerland retires at 60 and thinks it's all right," Business Insider previously reported. Then there's Warren Buffett, who, at age 88, still goes to work every day and said in an interview with the Financial Times that he has no plans to retire.
However, the prospect of retiring young is gaining popularity with self-made millionaires, Business Insider's Hillary Hoffower reported. One community of early retirees known for the acronym FIRE — "financial independence, retire early" — have even developed a unique way of congratulating each other on their retirement. "Go f--- yourself," they tell each other, because that's how outsiders tend to respond when FIRE members discuss their financial goals.
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