The $300 Million Exit That’s Funding Humanity’s Future with Bryan Johnson

Moneywise

Hampton

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.8 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Most people think Bryan Johnson just wants to live forever. They’re wrong. Bryan’s real goal is to leave a legacy that will last centuries. In this episode, we uncover the extraordinary vision of Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur driven by the audacious mission to earn the respect of people living in the year 2500. Bryan isn’t just the man who sold Braintree (the parent company of Venmo) for $300 million—he’s an innovator investing every resource he has into shaping humanity’s future. From building a brain-interface company to launching Blueprint, a scientific health initiative, Bryan’s focus isn’t on today’s accolades. It’s on creating a legacy that will stand the test of time. In this episode: Discover how Bryan’s financial success stemmed from his quest for eternal relevance. Learn how he allocates his wealth, including the risks he’s taken and the investments he regrets. Hear about his frugal lifestyle, his thoughts on the true purpose of money, and why his mission shapes every financial decision he makes. This is Moneywise, a podcast where host Sam Parr is joined by high-net-worth guests to explore exclusive insights into personal finance and lifestyle tailored for other high-net-worth people, or those on their way. They'll get radically transparent about the numbers, revealing things like their burn rates, portfolios, and spending habits. Who is Sam Parr? Sam is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of The Hustle, which he sold to HubSpot in 2021. He's also the co-host of one of the world's top podcasts for entrepreneurs, My First Million. Known for his insightful business acumen and candid communication style, Sam Parr continues to be a prominent figure in the world of media and entrepreneurship. Sam's newest and biggest venture yet is Hampton, which he co-founded in 2022. Check out Sam’s Companies: Hampton Sam’s List This podcast was made for the Hampton community, a private, highly-vetted, peer membership community for founders and CEOs of fast-growing, tech-enabled startups. Chapters: The Genesis of Braintree and Its Success (02:19) Brian's Post-Exit Life and Investments (06:48) The Quest for a Lasting Legacy (13:13) Reflections on Time, Legacy, and Impact (18:23) The 'Don't Die' Philosophy (24:28) Financial Priorities and Frugality (26:02) Blueprint and Health Achievements (27:20) Reflections on Investments (29:45) Historical Inspirations and Philosophies (35:46) Final Thoughts and Legacy (41:01) This podcast was produced in partnership with Lower Street and distributed by Morning Brew.

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0:00.0	The printing press, enlightenment, industrial revolution, flight, personal computer, moon landing, internet, artificial intelligence don't die.
0:10.0	You guys know Brian Johnson and his seemingly crazy project, Don't Die.
0:15.0	He's the guy who supposedly wants to live for forever.
0:18.0	Well, that's kind of true, but it's missing the bigger point.
0:21.9	A lot of people, they want to distill him down into a multimillionaire who's simply afraid of death.
0:26.9	And by the way, he's not. I am at peace knowing that I'm going to die in the most ironic way
0:32.8	possible. The thing is, Brian isn't just doing this because he has money. He has money because he's doing this. And that makes all the difference. Brian told me that his goal is to create something so he's remembered for hundreds of years. And the thing that he wants to create is a way to, well, not die. And he got into this because he started a company and sold it for hundreds of millions of dollars. But he didn't get into this because he had all this money. He was looking for something to do. No, in fact, he started his company and
0:57.4	sold it and made a lot of money because he needed a way to fund this. And so in this episode
1:02.5	of MoneyWise, we're going to talk to Brian in a way that nobody has talked to him before.
1:06.7	We're going to talk about Brian about how much money he made after selling his company, how much money he's currently spending now, how much he's worth right now, and how money
1:13.9	is nothing more than a tool, and why making money, for the sake of just making more money,
1:18.4	was always sort of a fruitless effort to him.
1:20.7	I could have taken that capital.
1:22.1	I could have made it worth like $10 billion by now by doing something that is boring and easy.
1:27.7	Hello, I am Sam Parr, and this is Money Wise.
1:30.0	Look, you can scroll through Instagram in just 10 seconds you're going to see content on how to get rich.
1:34.1	But there's not a lot of content out there that teaches you how to handle life after you've
1:37.7	already become rich.
1:39.1	No one really talks about this category of people, people who are young and they've made a lot of money and what it feels like afterwards, the decisions, the pitfalls, and frankly, all the weird stuff that comes
1:47.1	with being wealthy. And so that's what this podcast, MoneyWyts, is all about. I talk to people
1:50.9	who have made a lot of money and they're radically transparent about it, meaning their numbers,
1:55.1	so their portfolios, their net worth, their monthly expenses, their income, but also all the personal challenges that no one really
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