Does anyone know a comfortably retired black man or women, who wasn’t in the armed forces or worked for the government?

[AtomicUse]

I see a lot of people posted about how they know older people who are retired, but it’s usually that they are getting disability pay from the VA, or social security and a government employee pension of some sort.

But what about someone who was in the private sector, or just worked in corporate america for their career, and is comfortably retired?



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Let me edit the initial post to be more specific, because everyone is saying retired cops, firefighters, teachers and professors, but apparently people don’t consider public school employees or positions paid for by government tax dollars, to be government-funded positions.

 

[Mac Brown]

I do. Actually a few

 

[Mass]

I do. Actually a few

And what did they do?

 

[AtomicUse]

I do. Actually a few

Do you have any details or no?

 

[Huda2daf]

Yes. My mother and my stepfather

My mother was a regular old manager for a medical claim company my stepdad worked in a steel mill and then a corner store.

 

[Luke Cage]

My aunt is a retired professor.
My uncle is a retired insurance salesman.
My other retired uncle doesn't count, because he was an army recruiter

 

[staticshock]

I know retired professors & teachers here in Atlanta balling tf out

 

[thenatural]

My father is a retired professor, but he worked for the state of MD. Pretty much everyone I know that is well off worked for some government entity. Damn, this is a good question.

 

[Paper Boi]

yeah, but I know more who worked for the government.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Know some finance folks who retired, along with a lot of people who worked for factories (GM type). Also some teachers, but that may fall under state/government pension.

 

[Mac Brown]

Do you have any details or no?

Retired high school principal, retired city workers. All three sitting comfortably.

 

[feelosofer]

Yes my father retired from machinery repair/welding/metal work.

 

[Paper Boi]

Retired high school principal, retired city workers. All three sitting comfortably.

that's the government

 

[Address_Unknown]

A few.
Businessmen with Businesses they capitalized on during the youth to middle age and then turned over to their children or sold.
The other few.
Dudes who sold/dealt with drugs, saved instead of squandered and then went legit the minute they had enough to flip into a businesses/front and kept it pushing.
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[UpNext]

Yeah I know some brehs that worked for Microsoft and Apple that hit their FIRE number and retired in their 40's. I know a few who are well over 2m in networth and still working because they like their jobs and don't know what they'd do with their time too.