The Fountain of Youth Was a Lie. Billionaires Are Still Hunting It.

Ponce de Leon never searched for it, yet he became the most famous name attached to a magic spring that nobody has found in 500 years. From a 1521 arrow wound in Florida to a Soviet scientist who promised 150 years and died at 65, to the Silicon Valley fortunes being spent on the same hunt today, this is the story of the oldest obsession money can buy. Three empires, one refusal to die.