Bio
Bryan Johnson, a tech entrepreneur turned longevity pioneer, is best known for Project Blueprint, his extreme, data-driven approach to reversing biological aging and optimizing health. After selling his payment company Braintree to PayPal for $800 million, Johnson shifted his focus to radical life extension, treating aging as a solvable engineering problem. Blueprint, launched in 2021, is an intensive daily regimen of precise nutrition, exercise, supplementation, and medical monitoring, aimed at restoring his organs to the biological state of an 18-year-old. His approach, rooted in rigorous biomarker tracking, has made him a central figure in the longevity movement, inspiring discussions on what’s possible through disciplined self-experimentation.
At the core of Blueprint is Johnson’s belief that aging is not inevitable but a process that can be slowed, measured, and optimized. His meticulously structured routine includes 1,977 daily calories of plant-based nutrition, over 100 supplements, strict sleep schedules, and daily exercise. He undergoes frequent medical tests, including MRI scans, bloodwork, and biometric tracking of over 70+ organs to ensure every intervention is yielding measurable benefits. So far, Johnson claims to have reversed his biological age by over 5 years, with biomarkers indicating his heart functions like a 37-year-old’s, his skin like a 28-year-old’s, and his lungs like those of an 18-year-old. His DunedinPACE score suggests he is aging at 0.69 years for every chronological year, meaning he is biologically “gaining time” rather than simply slowing decline.
Beyond personal experimentation, Johnson has open-sourced Blueprint, allowing others to follow his protocol and join the Rejuvenation Olympics, a global competition ranking individuals based on biological age reduction. His relentless self-optimization has drawn both admiration and skepticism from scientists. While some see his experiment as valuable real-world longevity research, others caution that his extreme interventions are unproven and may not be replicable for the average person. Despite this, Johnson continues to refine Blueprint, leveraging cutting-edge medical insights, including gene therapy and plasma transfusions, though he discontinued the latter after seeing no benefit.
Johnson shares his findings widely through social media, his website, and a Netflix documentary titled Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever, making longevity science more accessible to the public. While critics question the sustainability and necessity of his approach, Johnson remains committed to pushing the limits of human health and lifespan, framing his mission as not about immortality but about achieving the longest, healthiest life possible. His ongoing work continues to spark conversations about the future of aging, preventive medicine, and biohacking, making him one of the most closely watched figures in the longevity movement today.
Projects
- Project Blueprint (Protocol Site): Blueprint by Bryan Johnson – A detailed repository of Johnson’s Blueprint regimen, including his daily routine, interventions, and a dashboard of his latest health data . He offers the Blueprint algorithm and protocol here for free, as well as an online store for supplements and testing kits that mirror his program.
- Don’t Die / Blueprint Community: Johnson runs an online community called “Don’t Die” for longevity enthusiasts. He also has a mobile app under the Blueprint project (the “Don’t Die” app) for tracking health metrics . These resources are intended to help others start their own “longevity journey” using Blueprint principles.
- Rejuvenation Olympics: RejuvenationOlympics.com – A project founded by Johnson that hosts leaderboards and challenges for people measuring their biological age and competing to see who can slow or reverse aging the most . It’s a community-driven effort to crowdsource data on longevity in a fun, competitive way.