Why Don’t Billionaires Invest In Longevity?

The author argues that billionaires and institutional investors are underfunding longevity research even though the underlying technology is ready, and that investing now would save lives and yield large returns. The article claims that 1% of today's billionaire wealth could give every person on earth more than 10 years of healthy life. It compares longevity to the WHO's smallpox eradication campaign, which cost about $300 million over 11 years, roughly 0.05% of today's billionaire wealth according to the article. It also cites several companies, including Altos Labs, New Limit, and Retro Biosciences, as working on cellular reprogramming.