Richard Branson
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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies.
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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
Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340 approaching Heathrow Airport in June 2015
Virgin Trains West Coast Class 390 Pendolino at Lichfield in August 2011
Branson in 2001
Branson with Alberto Hazan in June 2007 helping launch Virgin Radio Italia
Branson in April 2009 at the launch of Virgin America in Orange County, California![Branson at the Time 100 Gala in May 2010. Known for his informal dress code,[72] this was a rare occasion he did not wear an open shirt.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/5.3.10RichardBransonByDavidShankbone.jpg/500px-5.3.10RichardBransonByDavidShankbone.jpg)
Branson at the Time 100 Gala in May 2010. Known for his informal dress code,[72] this was a rare occasion he did not wear an open shirt.In their own words 10
On one of my last days at school, aged 15, my headmaster predicted that I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire ...
Post on X (15 August 2024), as cite in Martha Gill "A-levels are far from perfect, but in the exam hall every pupil - rich or poor - is
We're here to make space more accessible to all. We want to turn the next generation of dreamers into the astronauts of today and tomorrow.
Quoted in "Richard Branson goes to space", by Jackie Wattles, Fernando Alfonso III and Mike Hayes, CNN (11 July 2021)
I think other companies need to stand on their own two feet, and the weak ones need to go to the wall.
Interviewed by the BBC on his opposition to extending bail-outs beyond the banking sector during the , 21 February 2009
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