Tech billionaires are investing millions of dollars into rejuvenation science. Yuri Milner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and PayPal cofounder Sam Altman are just some of the tech billionaires investing millions into longevity labs like Altos and Retro Biosciences.
One millionaire in particular is going the extra mile to combat his biological age by spending $2 Million each year on pills, injections and therapies that aim to turn back time.
How he does it
Bryan Johnson, 46 years old and star of Netflix’s Don’t Die series is dedicated to antiaging. Each year he invests $2 Million on medical diagnostics and treatments as well as following a meticulous regimen of eating, exercising and sleeping designed to try and slow or even reverse the ageing process.
As part of his efforts to reverse his biological age, this multi-billionaire uses himself as a human guinea pig and has taken various treatments ranging from cryotherapy chambers and hyperbaric oxygen to infrared and red light therapy. He is an enthusiastic backer of Unity Biotechnology – a company which seeks to develop therapeutics that slow or reverse human aging – including infrared and red light therapy treatments. He recently tried Follistatin therapy; an injectable gene therapy treatment designed to increase muscle mass while decreasing inflammation; each injection costs $25,000 making this expensive addition – another step on his journey towards biological age reversal treatments.
Biohacker Dr. Joe says his PS2 million-a-year regime has effectively reduced his biological age to that of an 18-year-old, with organs such as his heart performing like they would at 37-years old and lung capacity matching an 18-year-old, giving his skin 22 years younger appearance than its chronological counterpart.
But he isn’t the only rich man investing millions into trying to stay young. Peter Thiel and Jeff Bezos have each invested in Altos Sciences, a start-up aimed at using regenerative medicine to extend healthy lifespan and slow or reverse aging. It remains unknown exactly what their research will entail but Altos Sciences has already raised $85m with help from former heads of National Cancer Institute, GlaxoSmithKline as well as founders from Google and Amazon all contributing.
The diet
Bryan Johnson has made headlines for his extreme attempts at delaying aging. At 46 years old, Bryan spends $2 Million each year on treatments such as “young blood” transfusions from his son as well as maintaining an intensive diet and exercise regime.
His rigorous anti-aging regimen has resulted in him claiming that he only ages one month every twelve. Two years ago, he initiated Project Blueprint; which involved testing all 78 organs within his body – including blood, saliva, urine and stool; as well as MRI scans and ultrasounds, fitness assessments, DNA methylation analysis as well as various other assessments.
As part of his program, he takes 111 pills daily as well as engaging in an one-hour workout and adhering to a rigid bedtime schedule. According to tech mogul Sergey Brin, after following this regimen for over 75 days he claims that it has helped reduce his biological age by five years, and that now has the heart and lung capacity of someone 37 years old and skin of someone 20 years old.
Recently, a millionaire took to X (formerly Twitter) and shared an image of his carefully prepared meals for four days, drawing both praise and amusement online. The post garnered over 988,000 reactions; his post featured chickpea frittata, lemon red lentil soup, vegetable stir fry with cauliflower rice all packaged neatly into various containers; many joked that his meal plan looked similar to Indian cuisine while many pointed out how his metal containers reminded them of tiffin boxes – all prompting many reactions on social media.
The treatments
Bryan Johnson is an eccentric tech billionaire obsessed with turning back time, spending millions yearly on intense regimens and treatments designed to reverse biological age by 18 years. After selling his payment processing company to eBay at age 30, he dedicated full-time research into anti-ageing research – Lara Lewington from BBC visited him at home to see some of his gadgets for fighting aging.
One of his experiments, known as Project Blueprint, involved exchanging blood with his 17-year-old son. This plasma infusion was inspired by research showing older rodents were able to enjoy improved circulation when sharing younger mice’s circulatory systems; according to him, this procedure accelerated his body by 22 years.
As part of his experimentation, Dr. De Leon used a pill called rapamycin, which is purported to slow the ageing process, however after suffering from mouth ulcers, slow-healing wounds, cholesterol abnormalities and liver conditions he decided not to continue taking this drug.
More recently, Johnson has been experimenting with Sculptra, an injectable that stimulates natural collagen production in skin tissue. Unlike filler, which plumpens facial features and affects tissue beneath them, Sculptra does not alter or affect structure of skin so Johnson hopes it can restore his youthful appearance.
No matter his best efforts, 46-year-old billionaire Paul Tepper cannot deny that his face has lost its natural shape. A striking Instagram post earlier this month displayed him with a red, swollen and puffy complexion after an anti-aging treatment failed. Yet even after such a setback he remains committed to staying young.
