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
struggle opportunity challenges
When something doesn't go exactly to plan, money is tight or a business is struggling - see it as a challenge rather than a failure. Look outside the box and try and find a solution - you'll be surprised how many great opportunities and possibilities arise when things look bad. You've just got to open your mind and not be afraid of sticking your neck out!
struggle moving opportunity
If you are seizing on a new business opportunity, deliberately move your customers' expectations up a few notches and consistently over-deliver on your promises - you will leave your competitors struggling to catch up.
struggle school thinking
I think great businessmen are more likely made than born. I don't know if it's from your upbringing, your parental background, the struggles you go through. In my own particular situation, I left school at 15 and I was struggling to survive in the jungle and that was a great education. So I think just getting out there, hands on, learning to survive teaches you a lot.
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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,
almost best broke happened press release talked
I talked to her about it. She said that it was the best thing that could have happened to her. When it broke in the press is was almost a release for her.
flying
It already has been through the rigors of flying around the world.
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.
becomes chance hope next percent year
Statistically, there is about a 6 percent chance that in any one year of the next 10 years this becomes a person-to-person problem, and we just have to hope it is not this year.
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Some of the magic will be lost now that the girls are only four. It's sad to see people so close split in this way.
longer nervous runway took
I was very nervous because it took a lot longer to get down the runway than we predicted.
airline astute blue chris needs people running
I think Chris is an astute businessman, but he is not used to running airlines. Virgin Blue needs people with airline experience.