Who is Richard Branson?

Richard Branson is British business magnate.

When was Richard Branson born?

Richard Branson was born in 1950.

What is Richard Branson known for?

Richard Branson is primarily known as a(n) television producer, balloonist, businessperson, film producer, investor, entrepreneur, aircraft pilot, writer, secondary school teacher, autobiographer.

Richard Branson

British business magnate

Born:July 18, 1950

Age:76

Zodiac Sign:Cancer

Born in:Blackheath, United Kingdom

Residence:Necker Island, United Kingdom

Languages:English

Entrepreneur Television Producer Balloonist Businessperson Film Producer Investor Aircraft Pilot Writer Secondary School Teacher Autobiographer

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Links

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Famous For

Movies & TV

Casino RoyaleAround the World in 80 DaysTruth in Numbers? Everything, According to WikipediaEating Our Way to ExtinctionPlanet of the Humans

Books

Losing My VirginityTak to dělá Virgin: jak se královsky bavit a budovat přitom úspěšnou firmuVirgin: hledání sebe sama: nová autobiografieRichard Branson: Life at 30,000 feet

Awards

Giuseppe Motta Medal (2012)Sergio Vieira de Mello Citizen of the World (2007)Berliner Bär (2003)Tony Jannus Award (2000)Segrave Trophy (1986)

Richard Branson

British business magnate

Biography

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. His Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he started the Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label. In 1997 he founded the Virgin Rail Group to bid for passenger rail franchises during the privatisation of British Rail. The Virgin Trains brand operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 1997 to 2019, the InterCity CrossCountry franchise from 1997 to 2007 and the InterCity East Coast franchise from 2015 to 2018. In 2004, he founded the space tourism company Virgin Galactic, based at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, United States, noted for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. In March 2000, Branson was knighted for "services to entrepreneurship". Due to his work in retail, music and transport, his taste for adventure and for his humanitarian work, he has become a prominent global figure. In 2007 he was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine. In June 2023, Forbes magazine listed Branson's estimated net worth at US$3 billion.

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Quotes

“I think other companies need to stand on their own two feet, and the weak ones need to go to the wall.”

— Interviewed by the BBC on his opposition to extending bail-outs beyond the banking sector during the Great Recession, 21 February 2009

“One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.”

— From Richard Branson's blog ‘Learning from mistakes’ on the Virgin Website

“My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, “Oh God, I've got to do this today.”

— From his interview in The Guardian newspaper, 20th September 2008

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Photos

Industrialist Richard Branson at the Time 100 Gala, May 3, 2010. Photo by David Shankbone. This photos is licensed under the Attribution 3.0 license, which means it can be used and modified for any purpose only if the author is properly credited where it is used.

Ian Usher meets Sir Richard Branson as part of his 100goals100weeks challenge. Meeting Sir Richard Branson marked the successful completion of usher's 46th goal.

On Saturday 19th April, British Polo Day, presented by Land Rover, brings elegance, style and the best amateur traditions of polo to African soil with the inaugural British Polo Day Morocco.

New Mexico Gov. Richardson and Sir Richard Branson and the nose of SS2

Branson, Commissioner, Global Commission on Drugs Policy; Founder, Virgin Group at the UK Drugs Policy: Taking the Lead Internationally, 4 March 2015, cht.hm/18k0Q2B

Boodles Boxing Ball 2013

Richard Branson thanks longtime ocean advocates during his remarks at the Our Ocean Conference 2015 in Valparaíso, Chile, on October 5, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

Richard Branson at the Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20 - the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 13-22 June 2012

On Saturday 19th April, British Polo Day, presented by Land Rover, brings elegance, style and the best amateur traditions of polo to African soil with the inaugural British Polo Day Morocco.