Bryan Johnson on Spending $2M Yearly on Anti-Aging, $800M PayPal Deal, Buying Venmo (Full Interview)

In this full-length interview, Bryan Johnson, the founder of Venmo and CEO of Kernel, looks back on his upbringing in a Mormon community during his childhood in Provo, Utah. The 45-year-old debunks the misconceptions about polygamy in the Mormon community before discussing his missionary work in Ecuador and how the experience shifted his outlook on life to wanting to help people. After touching on his collegiate stint at Brigham Young University, Bryan discusses a few startup companies he established before looking back on the successful launch of a Chicago-based payment processing company called Braintree and selling it to PayPal. Moving along, Bryan explains why he stepped away from Braintree before detailing why he chose to invest $54 million into a neurotechnology company called Kernel and the groundbreaking ways the company's technology can measure/evaluate the human brain. He then claims that the company's technology can evaluate CTE while a person is still alive. As the introspective conversation moves along, Byran details his methods for reverse engineering the aging process. To hear more, scroll up and press play.

[Sjean]

Love Bryan. His transparency and just the inner peace he exudes. No nervous ticks, deep eye and persistent eye contact even when discussing traumatic events. Goals

[SamJohnsonAZ]

Bryan is truly going to change the world. My favorite part of his goal isn’t just the fact that its free for everyone, but he’s focused on backing everything by data.

[GlynTaylor]

I love this guy. His morality is so pure and clear. So happy that he is one of the people leading the longevity push

[brainjonesjr.]

This might be one of the most insightful interviews I’ve personally watched

[tonyb]

"Removing opinion from nutrition and only looking at data" - I love this!

[CReydaboss]

My guy looks like he got hit square in the face with a hot skillet 🤣🤣🤣

[arbitool]

Imagine our politicians being this honest and ethical.

[RickyBeePhenomenal]

The type of dude that'll wake you up to tell you he's going to bed...

[TheBlackManMythLegend]

This guy is very touching. Him leaving the Mormons... at the same time leaving his wife or gf. Then receiving 300MUSD. What a life.

[beverlysnyder]

he’s beautiful inside and out. inspiring

[philipschifano]

It is SOOOO refreshing to hear a BILLIONAIRE say that he was powerless with control of himself .. thank you for being REAL!! How about we talk about that?? Instead of what he “looks” like

[goldengoddess]

Exciting stuff! This man is amazing. So keen to follow his Blueprint protocol.

[scottytecate]

This man is clinically insane and simultaneously brilliant. Watch from 38 minutes to approximately 40 and ignore Vlad's idiotic interruptions.

[alanwiltzius]

I'm following the blueprint nutrition protocol. I think the foods taste great, satisfying and make me feel so good! Yeah, at times, I crave or miss certain unhealthy foods, but the cost to my energy, mood, and motivation isn't worth it.

[LeslieMiletich]

I really like him. Such a down to earth guy. Smart fella.

[gforce]

What a great interview with great questions.

[STV]

I think he looks older while he's ON the anti-aging treatment than he does off it!

[jacquelinedella-santa]

BJ is awesome, so calm & peaceful

[fitefeed]

Somebody should’ve held PayPal’s $800 million dollars for 180 days to verify they are a real business

[eclipsetotal]

Me encanta lo que hace, su personalidad, su inteligencia. No me mal interpreten pero estoy curiosa cuando va a quebrarse por una tentación. Para que la humanidad sea mas sana debemos cerrar esas empresas que fabrican dulces y pan. Es fácil decirlo para él que la prioridad debe ser uno, cuando él no se preocupa por un ingreso ni va de compras al supermercado donde hay mucha tentación.