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
brands
In the beginning it was just about the business - now it's about the brand.
growth survival lines
Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.
company fairs
It is not for me (to decide). It is up to the company to decide whether the price is fair or not.
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.
success effort succeed
Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding.
determination opportunity luck
Luck is when determination meets opportunity
regret simple advice
The best advice I ever received? Simple: Have no regrets.
fighting incentives want
Making money never was my incentive. I just want to fight big companies.
club expect flight flying gives members save space time
We expect the first Virgin Galactic space flight to take place in 2008, which gives our Flying Club members time to save up all their miles.
frustrated life somebody
Well, I'm somebody who is just living...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to put it right,
enormous fantastic sad sympathy
We have enormous sympathy for him. He has done a fantastic job. It is sad they have to come down so soon.
impeccable millions people priorities record
We are used to transporting millions of people ... transporting them safely. And we want to keep that impeccable record so. We know what our priorities are.
created designed digital download exciting fan innovative music service uk
Virgin Digital UK is an exciting and innovative download service created and designed with the music fan in mind.
dealt
We are disappointed at the way this was dealt with at the boardroom level.