Name: Landon Orr.
What business or organization are you involved with? Freedom 55 Financial.
What is your role with that organization? Financial advisor.
What’s your favourite thing about living in the Okanagan? There’s so much potential for exploring: mountains, lakes, waterfalls, climbing, big mountain ranges close by, fantastic restaurants, wineries, breweries and distilleries. The list goes on.
If you could have lunch with anyone in the world, who would you choose and why? Yvon Chouinard. He’s the founder of the outdoor clothing company Patagonia. He’s a 79-year-old billionaire who still runs a massive company, is active outdoors, and is very influential environmentalist.
What’s your go-to happy place? Hiking around the Monashee Mountains near Cherryville, rock climbing
in Cougar Canyon in Vernon, or hanging at the family cabin on Okanagan Lake!
What are you most proud of? My lady, Devyn. She’s currently in the midst of schooling for her Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation. It’s essentially a full time job of studying on top of working full time as an accountant at a local firm. I’ve never seen anyone with so much
stamina, it’s amazing.
What are the top three things on your bucket list?
1. Achieve financial freedom so I can conquer all of the items on my bucket list;
2. Scuba dive with sea lions of the coast of Tofino;
3. Road trip all the way down to the southern tip of South America, bouncing around to as many places as we can along the way.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? I was at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand when they brought out these short white worms as an appetizer before lunch. Not much taste, very weird texture. Wouldn’t recommend but would also probably eat it again.
Latest movie or book: The Emperor series by Conn Iggulden. It’s historical fiction about Julius Caesar’s life. It’s amazing. He also has one for Genghis Khan called the Conqueror series. The things those people achieved in their lifetime is insane.
What’s the best gift you’ve ever received? A monetary gift from my Nana and Papa when I graduated from Okanagan College. Not for the money itself but what it did, which was allow me to go for a two-month solo backpacking trip through Southeast Asia.
If today were your last day, how would you spend it? Round up as many loved ones as I can, head out to the family cabin, and have one last day by the lake.
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