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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 5 companies remaining of once more than 400. [1] Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age.
Branson has described the "V" in the logo as an expressive tick, representing the Virgin seal of approval. [4] The original logo from 1973 was a completely different design intended to be used for the record company that was founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell. The logo was designed by British science-fiction artist and designer Roger ...
Sir Richard Branson: 7.9 billion Diversified 339 Andrew Currie: 7.7 billion Industrial 340 John Reece: 7.65 billion 367 Earl Cadogan: 7.09 billion Real Estate 398: Joe Lewis: 6.64 billion Diversified 410 Simon Reuben: 6.43 billion 411 David Reuben: 6.43 billion 448 Laurence Graff: 6.04 billion Consumer 481 Clive Calder: 5.65 billion ...
1987 – Richard Branson launches Mates condoms in the UK to promote condoms to young adults; 1988 – Virgin re-opens the recently acquired and re-modelled Olympic Studios in Barnes, London. 1988 – Virgin launches Virgin Classics, another Virgin international record label specializing in high-quality classical music.
Richard Branson unveiled the rocket plane on 7 December 2009, announcing that, after testing, the plane would carry fare-paying passengers ticketed for short duration journeys just above the atmosphere. Virgin Group would initially launch from a base in New Mexico before extending operations around the globe.
"Maybe in America, ‘billionaire’ is a sign of success, but that rankles me,” Richard Branson, who has an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion, said.
Losing my Virginity is dedicated to "Alex Ritchie and his family" and a note before the prologue thanks Edward Whitley who helped Branson with the writing of the book. The prologue of the book recounts the start of a round-the-world balloon trip over the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and is followed by 28 chapters in which Branson recounts the first 43 years of his life.
Richard Branson has built himself an empire. His Virgin Group enterprises stretch from the airline industry and telecommunications to space. But Branson told CNBC Make It that he never did it for ...