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
productive-work feelings mind
All of us have just got to find that time to look after our bodies. That helps us make sure that our mind is sharp. I know that when I'm feeling great and really fit, I can get in three or four hours more of really productive work.
mind fool never-change
Only a fool never changes his mind.
names people mind
All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lurk at the back of your mind that people don't trust you.
mind needs bigs
However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind.
mind meetings i-can
I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them
people entrepreneur mind
People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every single thing you try. You've got to try to succeed at more things than fail.
people mind statistics
In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.
people mind trying
When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it.
order mind important
It's obviously incredibly important to keep the body fit in order to keep the mind fit, and be able to find time for friends.
mind-blowing wish world
The world is made of words. And if you know the words that the world is made of, you can make of it whatever you wish.
behave benefit choice companies competition consumer create doors field gets hope knocking level listen pepsi playing retailers slightly smaller wish
I think it's very important that the competition authorities listen to the slightly smaller companies (and) try to create a level playing field so that the consumer gets the benefit of choice and gets the benefit of competition. ? I wish Pepsi well in that and I hope that Pepsi will not behave in the same way when we come knocking on the doors of some of the big retailers that they are in.
adventure days greatest last seven
I think the most important thing is that in the last seven days we've just had the greatest adventure of our lifetimes.
leave plans
Our plans for Virgin are pretty much to leave it as it is.
access airline allow changing complete control future mergers ownership routes vision
Our vision of the future is a complete deregulation of everything from routes and airline access rights, all the way through to changing ownership and control regulations which would allow mergers and acquisitions,