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
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Failing can provide invaluable lessons and making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.
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All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.
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British Airways was doing everything they could do to put Virgin Atlantic out of business -- what's become famous here as the dirty tricks campaign, ... We felt that we needed the financial muscle to combat them. And I still had a lot to prove at Virgin Atlantic whereas we proved that we could, you know, build and run a successful record company.
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Our plans for Virgin are pretty much to leave it as it is.
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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.
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He's just flown further than man, or woman, has ever flown. He has had pretty much no sleep since he set off from Kennedy a few days ago, and he has been through an incredible amount.
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It already has been through the rigors of flying around the world.
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I read the Sunday Telegraph stories. They're not too far off what may be happening.
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I've taken a reduction in the price in order to get the deal done. We will reap our reward from the increased share price by holding our shares in this new combined company.
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He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took BA to court before they bankrupted us not after, as he did.
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I was very nervous because it took a lot longer to get down the runway than we predicted.
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I also know, as an entrepreneur myself, you face new obstacles every day and you need to have the perseverance to see them through.
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I am slightly biased, but I think it is an incredible achievement -- the last great aviation record left.
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It's looking hopeful that the transaction will get done over the next couple of months.