5 ways the ultra-wealthy are investing in trying to live forever

The ultra-wealthy are dropping tens of thousands of dollars on preventative measures and treatments meant to help them live forever — or at least, as long as possible.

“Young blood” transfusions, cryonic preservation, and “apocalypse insurance” are a few of the ways billionaires and Silicon Valley tech moguls are investing in their futures.

Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel is one of the major public supporters of research to extend the human lifespan.

“There are all these people who say that death is natural, it's just part of life, and I think that nothing can be further from the truth,” Thiel said back in 2012.

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They say money can't buy happiness, but perhaps it can buy immortality — or at least, a longer lifespan than most people.

That seems to be the thinking, at least, of the ultra-wealthy Americans spending thousands on “young blood” transfusions, preserving their bodies through cryonics, and colonizing space in case Earth becomes uninhabitable.

Read more: A controversial startup that charges $8,000 to fill your veins with young blood and halted operations after an FDA warning now says it's back up and running

Commercial finance experts ABC Finance investigated various ways the wealthy are investing in trying to extend their lifespans as much as possible.

Here are five ways the rich are investing in trying to live forever.