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
regret mistake brilliant
I've been taught not to have any regrets. If we were to add up all of the hours spent regretting mistakes and use that time to develop new ideas, who knows how many brilliant new businesses would be created.
allow chance landed
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.
people
Two people can play at that game. Cheers!
chinese choice emergency friends-or-friendship grateful
We are effectively in an emergency situation. But we are friends with the Chinese people, and this is a sporting event. We have no choice but to go over China, and we would be enormously grateful if they let us in.
entered permission relieved understand
We are embarrassed to have entered the airspace without permission and relieved that they understand our position.
associated ceremony currently enjoying gets life meant wine
Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed. All the pomp and ceremony currently associated with wine just gets in the way of enjoying it.
company core felt friendly music rather technology user
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.
airline passengers
We pamper our passengers like no airline pampers them.
empire facility form largest virtually
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.
family
I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family.
leadership simple engagement
If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.
monday morning people
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.
conflict
We've all got to do everything we can to avoid conflicts.
dirty play mud
Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.