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Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin GroupBirth DetailsJuly 18, 1950 | Surrey, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom
LeagueBusiness Leader
EducationHigh School dropout
Net Worth$4.4 billion (As of July 16, 2020)
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Richard Branson's Journey so far ...
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- Virgin Group
Richard Branson's Journey so far ...
- Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and started a youth culture magazine named 'Student' in 1966. The first edition of the magazine secured advertisements worth $8000 and was distributed free
- It wasn't easy for Branson in the early days; a dire financial state meant that he had to live on a houseboat on the London Canal as he could not afford a house. His father was a barrister and his mother a flight attendant
- Known for his exuberance, confidence, and stylishness, Branson is the person behind the Virgin Group and the first label under it was Virgin Records, which he started in 1972
- Brand Virgin today consists of over 60 companies spread across aviation, hotels, telecommunications, radio stations, railways, space tourism, renewable energy and sports
- Branson's love for space saw him launch two companies - Virgin Orbit for space exploration and Virgin Galactic for space tourism. One of his biggest bets recently has been Virgin Hyperloop One, a train service based on magnetic levitation that will travel at hypersonic speeds. The technology is still in its early stages
- On July 11, 2021, Branson became the first ever billionaire to launch himself into space. He and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space-tourism company reached an altitude of 86 kilometers over the New Mexico desert enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and witness the curvature of the Earth and then glided to a runway landing
- A regular blogger, Branson is very active on social media with a big fan following particularly on LinkedIn and Twitter
- With his hard work, Branson became a billionaire and was one of the first entrepreneurs to buy an island. In 1978, Branson bought Necker Island, a part of the British Virgin Islands, for $180,000. The island is a tourist spot with many celebrities like Princess Diana, Prince Harry and Barack Obama having dropped by
- Branson started a nonprofit entrepreneurial foundation called Virgin Unite to amalgamate people and business ideas for a better world
- Branson loves sports and he crossed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by hot-air-balloon creating a Guinness World Record
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- Branson was knighted in 1999 for his services to entrepreneurship
- A strong opponent of Brexit, he said that it was the saddest thing that has happened to Britain and the European Union since World War II
- He ran down a London street crying after he sold one of his iconic brands Virgin Records for $1 billion in 1992
- Branson has written many books, including an autobiography, 'Losing My Virginity'
Last Updated: 22/07/2021
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