Sergey Young is a longevity investor and visionary with a mission to extend healthy lifespans of one billion people. To do that, Sergey founded the Longevity Vision Fund to accelerate life extension technological breakthroughs and to make longevity affordable and accessible to all.
Sergey is on the Board of Directors of the American Federation of Aging Research (AFAR) and the Development Sponsor of AGE REVERSAL XPRIZE global competition designed to cure aging. Sergey is also a Top-100 Longevity Leader, who is transforming the world, one workplace at a time, with Longevity@Work – the first non-profit corporate longevity program of its kind.
Sergey Young has been featured as a top longevity expert and contributor on CNN, Fox News, and Forbes. As the author of books such as ‘The Science and Technology of Growing Young’ and the mastermind behind the online life extension platform SergeyYoung.com, Sergey is passionate about sharing news from the exciting world of longevity.
We cover the following topics:
Why invest as a VC?
The definition of longevity
Is there a difference in how men and women think about longevity?
Women's health: an underserved market
Gender-lens investing and female investors
The Longevity Visionary Fund: Sergey's investment thesis
Why invest in disruptive businesses?
How is data and technology enabling this disruption?
How to diversify risk in a fund
Investing for impact and the collaborative vs competitive mindset
What makes a good investor?
Sergey's personal plan to living until 200 years of age
2050: what is possible as a result of Sergey's work and investments?
