For many people, financial independence marks the end of a working life. For Bill Holland, it marked the point at which a very different career began. He had already earned enough money to stop working before most people had established themselves professionally, yet retirement never appealed for long. As reported by Fortune reports, decades later, his weekday routine still includes travelling into an office in Toronto using public transport rather than retreating into a life built around luxury. His story is less about sudden wealth than about what followed it. While his fortune grew through Canada's investment industry, many of the habits that shaped his early years remained largely intact, even as his financial circumstances changed beyond recognition.
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