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
jobs fun adventure
Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!
envelopes rubbish ifs
If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish.
powerful giving advice
The best advice I could give anyone is to spend your time working on whatever you are passionate about in life.
phones people want
Everybody has a camera on their phone these days, everybody wants a selfie or a picture, and the moment one person starts taking a picture everybody congregates around so I've become quite a fast walker. I don't like saying, "No," to people but by walking fast one might be able to avoid the first photo.
leadership advice accepting
You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.
enjoy ifs
If you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. You must love what you do.
new-ventures people risk
I always tell other people to protect against the downside, and not risk roughing on new ventures, but I never stuck to that rule myself.
differences wealth fame
Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.
bigs big-things ifs
If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things
fun adventure home
Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn't you have fun at work?
airline-business people trying
We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis of trying to do good and, you know, hopefully turn a profit, what we did was we pledged that we'd put all the profits from our airline business into trying to develop clean fuels.
inspirational business opportunity
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
people trying treats
I am a believer in trying to treat people properly and trying to respond and making sure that I find the time to be courteous.
fun having-fun
Have fun do good and the money will come