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
running fun business
I have fun running all the Virgin businesses, so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve
business dwelling people
The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me
fun adventure thinking
"I think the most important thing is that in the last seven days we've just had the greatest adventure of our lifetimes." "I'm inquisitive ... and I love a new challenge... and if I feel that we can do it better than it's been done by other people, we'll have a go."
fun adventure special
We'd love to be involved with the creation of something very special, something quite large and something quite exciting.
girl branding young
Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!
life one-day next
Life can seem rather unreal at times. Alive and well and loving one day. No longer there the next.
stars feelings aviation
There isn't a flight goes by when I don't stare out of the window and thank my stars for what I'm seeing and feeling.
decision sometimes
Sometimes the riskiest decision you can make is to do nothing.
team risk good-team
Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM!
risk firsts mike
The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.
commitment successful imagination
Values cannot be speedily forgotten if it is inconvenient or commercially expedient. Values have to have meaning and longevity; otherwise they are valueless. You cannot embrace innovation up to a point or only sometimes. Branding demands commitment; commitment to continual re-invention; striking cords with people to stir their emotions; and commitment to imagination. It is easy to be cynical about such things, much harder to be successful.
self-improvement improvement being-the-best
Be the best at what you do
leader self-improvement listeners
To be a great leader, you must be a great listener
people priorities benefits
... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the staff are motivated then the customers will be happy, and the shareholders will then benefit through the company's success.