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
Listen. Take the best. Leave the rest.
believe heart thinking
I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.
successful business-success want
Above all, you want to create something you're proud of.
differences soul together
Of course an individual can make a huge difference but it is when those individuals come together with like-minded souls that they can change the world for ever and importantly for the better.
adventure opportunity ideas
I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.
inspirational business practice
Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.
communication stories pages
Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.
trying prepared
I am prepared to try anything once.
drug fit incredibles
There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that. It beats drugs, drink, and almost anything else I know.
thinking years long
So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.
running new-business
The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.
war years numbers
I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.
fun school mean
Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes right against the grain of convention, and it's certainly not how the they teach it at some of those business schools, where business means hard grind and lots of 'discounted cash flows' and net' present values'.
creating people entrepreneur
Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating.