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
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Virtually every part of the empire will have some form of e-commerce facility by the end of 1999, from the largest company, Virgin Atlantic, to one of the smallest, Virgin Bride.
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We have always felt that a company with music at its core rather than technology could do so much better for music fans. It is so user friendly that even I could use it.
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I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.
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We are definitely in the market for interesting opportunities and, while David Lloyd is not a club we're likely to be interested in as a whole, we have cast a slide rule over it and would be interested in some of the clubs.
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We are disappointed at the way this was dealt with at the boardroom level.
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There is no one to follow, there is nothing to copy. We may even allow those aliens who landed here 50 years ago a chance to go home.
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We look forward to a speedy conclusion to the takeover and working with Paul Little and the Toll group to map out the future direction of Virgin Blue.
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He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took BA to court before they bankrupted us not after, as he did.
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I have made it clear that I'm happy to become the largest shareholder in NTL and for other shareholders in Virgin Mobile to join me in taking shares in NTL. NTL has made a cash offer as well, and other shareholders can also accept the cash offer.
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We told him he had to land alive. He actually had to land alive, because if he didn't land alive he wouldn't get the record.
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We told him he had to land alive.
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He's just flown further than man, or woman, has ever flown. He has had pretty much no sleep since he set off from Kennedy a few days ago, and he has been through an incredible amount.
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He was a larger-than-life figure, with a wicked sense of humor, and a great friend.
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If the government go for the lowest-common-denominator approach, I don't think we will want to be involved. There's a danger the government will just go for the biggest return to the Treasury and not be interested in overcrowding issues, the quality of the food and the quality of the service.