Bryan Johnson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder of Blueprint and Don't Die.
Founded Braintree, a mobile and web payment systems company, which acquired Venmo in 2012 and was sold to PayPal for $800 million in 2013.
Founded Kernel, a company developing devices to monitor and record brain activity.
Founded OS Fund, a venture capital firm, backing it with $100 million of his personal capital.
Known for his anti-aging attempt, "Project Blueprint."
Holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from Brigham Young University.

Biography

Bryan Johnson is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, writer, and author. He is the founder of Blueprint and Don't Die. Johnson is also known for founding Kernel, a company creating devices that monitor and record brain activity, and OS Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage science and technology companies.

Previously, Johnson founded Braintree in 2007, a company specializing in mobile and web payment systems for e-commerce. Braintree acquired Venmo in 2012 for $26.