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The Manor Studio, Richard Branson's recording studio in the manor house at the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire. In 1972, using money earned from his record store, Branson launched the record label Virgin Records with Nik Powell. The name "Virgin" was suggested by one of Branson's early employees because they were all new at ...
Branson argued that money wasn’t the “motivation” for his magazine; it was passion. He knew he needed to make enough to pay the printers, but he wasn’t thinking about getting rich off it ...
"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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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Branson took a $126 million hit to his fortune last year as he continued to fight several fires at his Virgin Group. Sir Richard Branson—who hates being called a billionaire—sees net worth ...