Overview

• Thelen says anxiety about aging pushed him to overhaul daily habits with regular exercise, step targets, less alcohol and a sharper focus on diet.
• He underwent a comprehensive private full‑body screening in Berlin—blood panels, MRI and ultrasounds—reported to cost about €15,000.
• He is directing more of his money to research teams working on diseases such as dementia and closely tracks life‑extension technologies he believes could extend healthy years.
• He argues Europe lacks investors who can quickly finance large projects and says he wants access to a solid double‑digit billion euros to write much bigger checks.
• After returning to regular TV work, he says he coordinates schedules with his wife to protect time together and now comments on politics more cautiously after past backlash.