On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast , I finally got to interview the person who introduced me to the concept of financial independence and early retirement in the first place…

To my mind, Jacob is the founder of the modern-day “FIRE movement” so hope you enjoy the interview!

Mad Fientist: Hey, what’s up everybody?

Welcome to the Financial Independence Podcast, the podcast where I get inside the brains of some of the best and brightest in personal finance to find out how they achieved financial independence.

I can’t believe it, but I am finally interviewing the person that introduced me to this whole idea of financial independence in the first place.

And that is Jacob Lund Fisker from EarlyRetirementExtreme.com.

I came across Jacob way back in 2011, I was reading GetRichSlowly.org, which I’ve interviewed the writer behind that blog, JD Roth, on a previous episode of the podcast.…