India, July 3 -- American founder Logan Chierotti, recently named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2026 Mountain West Award Winner, opened up about the psychological toll of retiring at 32 and what ultimately drove him back into the business world.

"Freedom without purpose = boredom," Logan Chierotti wrote on Instagram while sharing a video of him recalling the time when he retired from working.

"I retired at 32 with a few million bucks in the bank. It was the worst mistake of my life," the CEO says. He adds, "I was sitting around, gardening, playing with chickens, trying to figure out stuff to stay busy to kill the day."

He recalls that at that time he had a one-year-old kid and his wife was pregnant, so extensive travelling was not...