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
dream opportunity bigger
The bigger the dream, the greater the opportunity
my-favorite pastime
Fantasizing about the future is one of my favorite pastimes.
powerful adventure problem
Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving.
past past-failures future-success
Past failures unlock future successes
thinking opportunity worry
It's worrying to think more than half the world's population lacks internet access and therefore lacks an equal opportunity to improve their lives.
powerful believe careers
Believe in yourself and back yourself to come out on top. A fulfilling career is waiting for those brave enough to find it.
challenges training overcoming
Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.
live-life frustrated trying
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.
thinking
I myself have invested in Uber and Hailo, I think they offer great alternatives to disrupt markets that have remained unchanged for many years.
leadership people innovation
Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.
thinking adults entrepreneurship
I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness.
dream powerful challenges
Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.
successful people entrepreneur
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.
thinking lines sides
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.