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The Billionaires Fueling the Quest for Longer Life

Investors including Peter Thiel and Sam Altman are making big bets on where longevity science is headed

Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel and Yuri Milner
Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel and Yuri Milner Photo Illustration: WSJ, Getty Images (3), Bloomberg News, iStock

How much would you invest in the possibility of living to 150 or beyond? Or having 20 extra healthy years?

For the ultrawealthy, it’s more than $5 billion over the past 2½ decades, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of longevity investment deals in PitchBook, public company statements and regulatory filings.

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