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Millionaire CEO Bill Holland continues frugal lifestyle despite vast wealth

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Bill Holland, a former CEO of CI Financial, achieved financial independence by age 32 but chose to continue working for decades. He built the company into a major investment firm with $140 billion in assets. Despite his immense wealth, Holland maintains a frugal lifestyle, commuting by public transport and donating over $100 million to charity, mirroring habits of other billionaires like Warren Buffett and Elon Musk. AI

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Millionaire CEO Bill Holland continues frugal lifestyle despite vast wealth

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Preston Fore ·

    He went from working in a factory to being rich enough to retire at 32—but 3 decades later, this millionaire still works and takes public transport

    Bill Holland, who led Canada's CI Financial for more than a decade, still rides public transit—a frugal mantra shared by Warren Buffett and Elon Musk.

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