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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 ]
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.
Another model that has emerged in the trait leadership literature is the Integrated Model of Leader Traits, Behaviors, and Effectiveness. [3] This model combines traits and behaviors in predicting leader effectiveness and tested the mediation effect of leader behaviors on the relationship between leader traits and effectiveness.
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.
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:
Mackay / Masucci / Sirisha Bandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, Richard Branson First fully crewed [note 1] flight included Richard Branson. 24 / GF10 26 April 2023 9 minutes 13.5 km (47,000 ft) Sturckow / Pecile [132] 25: 25 May 2023 14 minutes 87.2 km (54.2 mi) Mach 2.94 Masucci / Sturckow / Moses / Mays / Gilbert / Huie [133] [134] Galactic 01
Branson began his entrepreneurial career in the magazine business. He created “Student,” a youth culture magazine which covered topics ranging from pop culture to the Vietnam War.
The Functional theory of leadership emphasizes how an organization or task is being led rather than who has been formally assigned a leadership role. In the functional leadership model, leadership does not rest with one person but rests on a set of behaviors by the group that gets things done. Any group member can perform these behaviors so ...