New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Following founders who have found success at an early age and retired

Ask HN: Following founders who have found success at an early age, and retired
3 by greenranger14 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm in the process of selling a business for a decent chunk of cash, and under 40. I'm looking forward to an early retirement. I want to find people I can follow online who are in a similar situation in their lives. People who have sold startups or made a ton of money on some venture, are relatively young, healthy & active, and are now spending their time traveling, doing adventures, and trying to live the rest of their life in a meaningful way (whatever that means). I'm curious as to how these startup or business 'role models' approach a new life of financial independence - my thinking is, if these individuals were able to be so successful at their work, especially at an early age, they are likely also very good at being retired at a young age. They don't post often, but two good examples are Tom Anderson who sold myspace (https://ift.tt/HxQoWPr) and Aaron Patzer who sold Mint (https://ift.tt/1N6FcfW).

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