Редактирование: Bryan Johnson (раздел)

==Early life==

Johnson was born in [[Provo, Utah]],<ref name=Johnson>{{cite web|url=http://www.bryanjohnson.co|title=Bryan Johnson|access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref> and raised in [[Springville, Utah]],<ref name=Founder /> the middle child of three brothers and a sister. After his parents divorced, Johnson lived with his mother and his stepfather, the owner of a trucking company. At 19, Johnson became a [[Mormon missionary]], customary for young men in [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church). He spent two years in [[Ecuador]], where he proselytized and performed service projects in impoverished communities.<ref name=Where />

Johnson says that his time as a missionary was transformative: Rather than helping impoverished individuals find a better life in heaven, he says he decided  it would be better to improve their lives now.<ref name=Wired17>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-race-to-build-a-brain-machine-interface/|title=Inside the Race to Hack the Human Brain|last1=Richardson|first1=John|publisher=Wired|date=November 16, 2017|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> To do that, he planned to build a company, earn enough money to retire by the time he turned 30, and use his resources to pursue that goal.<ref name=Built>{{cite web|url=http://www.builtinchicago.org/2014/10/21/departed-braintree-founder-bryan-johnson-starts-100-million-venture-fund|title=Departed Braintree founder starts $100 million venture fund|last1=Dameron|first1=Emerson|date=October 21, 2014|publisher=Built In Chicago|access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref>

Johnson graduated with a BA in International Studies from [[Brigham Young University]] in 2003 and an MBA from the [[University of Chicago Booth School of Business]] in 2007.<ref name=Johnson /> Booth awarded its 2016 Young Alumni Award to Johnson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobooth.edu/daa/2016_honorees/bryan-johnson|title=Bryan Johnson|publisher=The University of Chicago Booth School of Business|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref>