10 Most Interesting Companies In The World

#6 Alcor

Do you vaguely remember a story related to baseball great Ted Williams’ cryogenically frozen remains and the allegations of impropriety surrounding their handling by some company? If so, the company at the center of that controversy was Alcor, which for $200,000 will freeze your still-warm corpse with the possibility of bringing you back to life in the future, once technology has advanced enough.

While there are a lot of companies doing some impressive work in the life extension arena, Alcor is one of the few that already has a business model in place and is making money from it. At the same time it’s the highly profitable business idea and it’s among the most interesting companies in the world.

Among its other clients are billionaire Peter Thiel and Google’s Ray Kurzweil, the latter of which is also a futurist that expects we will achieve immortality within the next 20 or 30 years. Just in case he kicks the bucket before then, he has Alcor on standby. Interestingly, while the fee seems exorbitant, it can be covered by a life insurance policy (of course if you have loved ones, they wouldn’t get any of it then), which makes it more palatable even for less affluent people. The company currently has over 1,000 members, about 150 of which are dead, though possibly not for long…

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