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Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson (born August 22, 1977) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, writer and author. He is the founder and former CEO of 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.
Johnson was also the founder, chairman and CEO of Braintree, a company specializing in mobile and web payment systems for e-commerce companies. Braintree acquired Venmo in 2012 for $26.2 million; the combined entity was acquired by PayPal for $800 million in 2013.
Johnson has received media attention for his anti-aging attempt that he refers to as "Project Blueprint". He refers to the philosophy as "don't die".
Johnson was born in Provo, Utah, and raised in neighboring Springville, as a middle child with a brother and a sister. After his parents divorced, Johnson lived with his mother and his stepfather, who owned a trucking company. At 19, Johnson became a Latter-day Saint missionary, also known as a Mormon, customary for young men in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and spent two years in Ecuador.
Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in international studies from Brigham Young University in 2003 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2007.
Johnson launched three startups between 1999 and 2003. The first sold cell phones and helped pay his way through Brigham Young University. Johnson hired other university students to sell service plans and cell phones; Johnson earned about a $300 commission on each sale.
He also started two other businesses. Inquist, a VoIP company Johnson co-founded with three other partners, combined features of Vonage and Skype.[clarification needed] It ended operations in 2001. After that, he joined his brother and another partner on a $70 million real estate project in 2001. The project did not meet its sales goals.
Johnson founded Braintree in 2007. The company was 47th on Inc. magazine's 2011 list of the 500 fastest-growing companies and 415th in 2012. That year, Braintree purchased Venmo, an app that allows users to send and receive money from each other electronically, for $26.2 million.
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Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson (born August 22, 1977) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, writer and author. He is the founder and former CEO of 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.
Johnson was also the founder, chairman and CEO of Braintree, a company specializing in mobile and web payment systems for e-commerce companies. Braintree acquired Venmo in 2012 for $26.2 million; the combined entity was acquired by PayPal for $800 million in 2013.
Johnson has received media attention for his anti-aging attempt that he refers to as "Project Blueprint". He refers to the philosophy as "don't die".
Johnson was born in Provo, Utah, and raised in neighboring Springville, as a middle child with a brother and a sister. After his parents divorced, Johnson lived with his mother and his stepfather, who owned a trucking company. At 19, Johnson became a Latter-day Saint missionary, also known as a Mormon, customary for young men in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and spent two years in Ecuador.
Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in international studies from Brigham Young University in 2003 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2007.
Johnson launched three startups between 1999 and 2003. The first sold cell phones and helped pay his way through Brigham Young University. Johnson hired other university students to sell service plans and cell phones; Johnson earned about a $300 commission on each sale.
He also started two other businesses. Inquist, a VoIP company Johnson co-founded with three other partners, combined features of Vonage and Skype.[clarification needed] It ended operations in 2001. After that, he joined his brother and another partner on a $70 million real estate project in 2001. The project did not meet its sales goals.
Johnson founded Braintree in 2007. The company was 47th on Inc. magazine's 2011 list of the 500 fastest-growing companies and 415th in 2012. That year, Braintree purchased Venmo, an app that allows users to send and receive money from each other electronically, for $26.2 million.