How Bryan Johnson, Who Wants to Live Forever, Sought Control via Confidentiality Agreements

That control is starting to fray as Mr. Johnson, a longevity guru known for performing experiments on his body, faces a backlash over the agreements.

“For nearly a decade, Mr. Johnson has wielded confidentiality agreements to control his image and the companies he built atop that image. His employees, sexual partners, vendors and contract workers have all had to sign the documents, sometimes in exchange for settlements, severance or continued employment at his firms, according to people close to him and his start-ups, internal documents and court records.

Now those agreements, which were supposed to keep people silent on Mr. Johnson’s personal life and businesses, are backfiring as some of his workers band together to challenge them.

At least three of Mr. Johnson’s former employees — including a former fiancée who worked for him — have recently filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, a federal watchdog agency, about his confidentiality agreements. They said the terms they signed were “overbroad” and accused Mr. Johnson of violating federal laws that protect workers who want to speak about their workplace conditions, according to copies of two of the complaints and six people with knowledge of them.”

Kate Conger, Bryan Johnson Is Making People Sign N.D.A.s Before They Date Him, N.Y. Times (Mar. 21, 2025), https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/technology/bryan-johnson-blueprint-confidentiality-agreements.html.