Diania Merriam is the founder of The EconoMe Conference, a party about money designed specifically for the FIRE movement (financial independence, retire early). She’s also the host of the popular podcast Optimal Finance Daily (1M downloads per month) where she narrates articles from the best personal finance blogs on the planet.
Discovering the FIRE movement in 2015 led her to get out of $30k of debt in 11 months, save and invest 60% of her income, take a 2-month sabbatical to walk 500 miles across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago, buy a house, and self-fund her own business. She retired from her corporate career at 33 years old and now helps others find community and inspiration on the path to financial freedom.
She’s been featured on Business Insider, CNBC, MarketWatch, Good Day Columbus, WLWT5 as well as podcasts including Choose FI, Bigger Pockets Money, and Stacking Benjamins.
