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Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson | |
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 Johnson in 2015 | |
| Born | August 22, 1977 Provo, Utah, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (BA) University of Chicago (MBA) |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Business executive |
| Title | Founder and CEO of Kernel, OS Fund and Braintree |
| Website | bryanjohnson |
Bryan Johnson (born August 22, 1977) is an American entrepreneur,[1][2] venture capitalist,[3] writer and author.[4] He is the founder and former CEO of Kernel, a company creating devices that monitor and record brain activity,[5][6] and OS Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage science and technology companies.[7]
Johnson was also the founder, chairman and CEO of Braintree,[8] 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.[9][10]
Johnson has received media attention for his anti-aging attempt that he refers to as "Project Blueprint".[11][12]
- ^ Altucher, James (May 4, 2013). "How To Go From $0 To $1,000,000 In Two Years". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ^ Kravitz, Seth (December 19, 2010). "How Bryan Johnson has Taken Braintree to Explosive Growth in Three Years". Technori. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ Mims, Christopher (October 20, 2014). "Humanity's Last Great Hope: Venture Capitalists". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ Rosso, Cami (May 7, 2020). "Kernel launches neuroscience as a service (NaaS)". Psychology Today. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ <!—Staff writer(s); no by-line.—> (March 28, 2017). "Elon Musk's latest target: Brain-computer interfaces". Statnews. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Vance, Ashlee (May 20, 2020). "A neuroscience startup uses helmets to measure brain activity". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "OS Fund LLC: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Mangalindan, JP. "Crazy, insane start-ups are this tech investor's meat and potatoes". Fortune. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ Wortham, Jenna (August 16, 2012). "Braintree, a Payments Company, Buys Venmo for $26.2 Million". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
- ^ Hardawar, Devindra (September 26, 2013). "Ebay buys payments startup Braintree for $800M, yet another win for PayPal". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
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