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
business people groups
Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.
names people products
You can create a business, choose a name, but unless people know about it you're not going to sell any products.
nice long alive
Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.
thinking advice important
I think it's important we continue to find new ways for start-up businesses to get access to funding, mentorship and business advice.
finding-yourself way middle
If you find yourself stuck in the middle there is only one way to go, forward.
challenges trying interest-in-life
My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.
fun mean names
What does the name Virgin mean? We are a company that likes to take on the giants. In too many businesses, these giants have had things their own way. We are going to have fun competing with them.
real years numbers
Surprisingly, a large number of people who fell out with their partners contacted us, saying that they would love to fly on a Virgle spaceship. But out of April Fools' jokes come real things, and I wouldn't be surprised, within the next 50 years, [if] there are one-way trips heading out into space with people on it. It would be very exciting.
inspirational life fun
Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no
ideas people
A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better.
communication phones years
The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.
thinking play work-and-play
I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.
motivational inspiring ideas
To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.
emotion helping instinct
Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you.