Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Bransonis an English business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth18 July 1950
CityLondon, England
sleep night people
We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep.
powerful doing-nothing making-money
Never go into business purely to make money. If that's the motive you're better off doing nothing.
fun different virgins
And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.
inspirational powerful optimism
Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so.
girl men giving
As men, we all have something to give. We all have the power to do our own part to stop the global pandemic of violence against women and girls. It is holding us all back.
jobs offering leader
We always enter markets where the leaders are not doing a great job, so we can go in and disrupt them by offering better quality services.
life phones giving
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.
life long process
So I've seen life as one long learning process.
moving technology years
In 30 years time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed.
past office one-day
One day offices will be a thing of the past
dream joy ifs
If you follow your dreams and spend your life doing what brings you joy, you are more likely to find success
self-improvement improvement screws
Screw it, let's do it - Just get on with it and do it
tough-times spirit your-future
Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your future.
soul may littles
A little humour is good for the soul - regardless of how old you may be.