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
aim-high aim higher
If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed.
zero adventure phoenix
I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests with ZERO-G [a charter-flight service in Arlington, Va., that uses modified Boeing 727s to simulate weightlessness], which went great.
inspiring teamwork people
Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.
beautiful adventure wind
It's so graceful to be blown by the wind, to go where the wind takes you. Just drifting over beautiful rivers in a balloon is perfect.
regret simple advice
The best advice I ever received? Simple: Have no regrets.
adventure long surfing
Kite surfing is a great way of keeping fit. Kiting is great because you're bouncing over the waves and you're surfing the waves. I do quite long kite surfs-50 miles in a day.
determination opportunity luck
Luck is when determination meets opportunity
people ifs
People flourish if they’re praised.
success effort succeed
Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding.
change trying stories
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying to provoke positive change is a principle we've embedded across the Virgin family for more than four decades.
fighting incentives want
Making money never was my incentive. I just want to fight big companies.
thinking managers
I think that not relying too heavily on one bank and one bank manager is a good rule to learn.
mean competitors brands
Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will
people action should
I have always believed that personal relationships are vital in business and that people should be directly accountable for their actions.