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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.
The founding B Team leaders include: Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the B Team, Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Deputy Chair of The Elders, Christiana Figueres, Convener of Mission 2020, Mats Granryd, Director General of GSMA, Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global, Mo ...
Whenever Branson launches a new venture—including airline Virgin Atlantic in 1984 and communications business Virgin Mobile in 1999—he said his approach boils down to just two questions:
Sir Richard Branson sits down with Worth to discuss how he utilizes his conglomerate to generate meaningful impact. The post The Universe of Sir Richard Branson appeared first on Worth.
Virgin Group [1] is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in February 1970.. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding company; however, Virgin's business and trading activities date back to the 1970s.
As a teenager, Richard Branson wanted to be an editor or a journalist — but his sense of adventure and drive for business helped him transform into the billionaire business magnate he is today.
By Marcy MacDonald With a phone permanently attached to one ear, the Virgin king, Sir Richard Branson, conducts business waist-high in the swimming pool on one of his own personal Virgin Islands.
Virgin Mobile's independent directors rejected the original bid of £817 million ($1.4 billion), taking the view that NTL's bid "undervalued the business". Sir Richard Branson reportedly expressed confidence that a re-structured deal could go ahead, and in January 2006 NTL increased its offer to £961m (372p per share). On 4 April 2006, NTL ...