History of the FIRE Movement

The start of the FIRE movement is generally viewed as the release of the book “Your Money or Your Life” by Joe Dominguez and Vicky Robin. It is the story of, and the steps that were taken, for Dominguez to go from humble beginnings to a successful stock analyst that retired at the age of 31. The FIRE movement was furthered by a blog (2007) and a book (2010) by the name of Early Retirement Extreme. The most recent sources of FIRE content are two blogs by the names of The Mad Fientist, and Mr. Money Mustache. The authors of both of these blogs retired in their 30’s, and blog about how they retired early and how they maintain their retirement.