Tom Brady might have a little too much time – and money – on his hands in his post-NFL life.
The former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback has seven Super Bowl titles to his name. He’ll go down in the history books as one of the most dominant athletes not just in the NFL, but in all of sports. He’s since retired and moved into a broadcasting gig with Fox Sports, as well as being a minority owner in the Las Vegas Raiders.
Simply put, Tom is still busy and just as competitive in his post-sports life, and one other way he’s chosen to be involved in something bigger than himself is through investing in a biotech company that’s really pushing the boundaries of… well, biology and technology as we know it.
A company called Colossal Biosciences helped bring to life a real life Jurassic Park situation earlier this year when they made the shocking announcement that they brought back an extinct animal known as the Dire Wolf. How did they break the news to the world?
They just slapped it right on the front of a magazine. How else are you supposed to do it?
Colossal Biosciences is doing all of this in pursuit of helping global conservation efforts. They’ve been backed up by plenty of investors, especially from the sports world. Co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Walter, and co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Yankees, Thomas Tull, are members of the Colossal investment team.
And they aren’t the only names from the sports world that are in on the de-extinction movement.
The PGA Tour’s world famous golfer Tiger Woods and the NFL legend Tom Brady are also included in the investment team. So just know that when you see a Dire wolf walking around at the zoo in the near future, you can point at it and say, “Thanks Tom Brady and Tiger Woods!”
Tom, a 7-time Super Bowl winner, is incredibly excited to be involved with Colossal Biosciences, and had this to say about the company’s progress earlier this year:
“Last month Colossal showed the advancements made bringing back the woolly mammoth by presenting the world with the woolly mouse. And this month the company gives us another science first, the world’s first animal back from extinction – the dire wolf.
The dire wolf will not only break into the pop culture zeitgeist, it will also raise awareness of what is possible in science which will inspire kids of all ages. This is just the beginning.”
Now that the Dire Wolf is checked off the list, Colossal Biosciences has reportedly moved their attention to bringing back the Woolly Mammoth, the Dodo bird, and the Tasmanian tiger. Remember all of those animals that we learned about in school that we were told would never live on Earth again? Well… they are on their way back.
And they are even helping pet owners extend the life (in a way) of their favorite furry pals. Colossal Biosciences acquired another biotech company called Viagen Pets and Equine, which has famously helped to clone Barbara Streisand’s dog, Paris Hilton’s dog, and now Tom Brady’s dog.
His late dog Lua was cloned and now “lives on” as his current dog Junie:
“Tom Brady revealed that his current dog Junie is a clone of his late dog Lua, who died in December 2023, per Bailey Krich. The dogs were cloned by Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company that Brady is an investor in, using blood collected prior to Lua’s death.”
So how do we feel about that?
Colossal Biosciences has branded themselves as a de-extinction company, and now they are helping people like Brady have an option that basically keeps their pet alive forever. That’s how Tom Brady described it in his statement in tandem with Colossal that explained how his dog that passed away in 2023 now lives on in the form of his new dog, Junie:
“My animals, they mean the world to me… I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family’s elderly dog before she passed.
Colossal gave my family a second chance with a clone of our beloved dog (and we’re) excited how Colossal and Viagen’s tech together can help both families losing their beloved pets while helping to save endangered species.”
Pretty strange times we are living in, eh?
