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
success home school
When I was 15, I left school to start a magazine, and it became a success because I wouldn't take no for an answer. I remember banging on James Baldwin's door to ask for an interview when he came to England. Then I got Jean-Paul Sartre's home phone number and asked him to contribute. If I'd been 30, he might have said no, but I was a 15-year-old with passion and he was charmed. Making money was always just a side product of having a good time and creating things nobody'd seen before.
dream thinking ideas
Any idea can be a great idea if you think differently, dream big and commit to seeing it realized
decision boards made
I felt uneasy about making the rapid decisions I have always made, and wondered whether every decision should be formally ratified and minuted at a board meeting.
beautiful children hands
Our generation has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents and they from their parents. It is in our hands whether our children and their children inherit the same world. We must not be the generation responsible for irreversibly damaging the environment.
successful entrepreneur valuable
Any successful entrepreneur knows that time is more valuable than money itself.
fun attitude giving
The Virgin brand is not a product like Coca-Cola or Famous Grouse whisky; it's an attitude and a way of life to many. That attitude is about giving customers a better time and better value in a fun way that embraces life and seeks to give the customers something new.
culture purpose add
Purpose is not an add-on, it’s not an initiative. It is a culture change and it never finishes
dream stars future
We hope to create thousands of astronauts over the next few years and bring alive their dream of seeing the majestic beauty of our planet from above, the stars in all their glory and the amazing sensations of weightlessness and space flight.
survival instinct consequence
Follow your instincts and live with the consequences.
fire-within important rehearsal
It is important to remember that life is not a dress rehearsal and that none of us should waste our time on doing things that don’t spark fires within us. My golden rule for business and life is: We should all enjoy what we do and do what we enjoy.
business mistake thinking
I find it very difficult to think of mistakes; not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to look only at the good things in life ... As for what lost the most money, probably Virgin Cola. It is still No 1 in Bangladesh though.
usual doing-good recognise
Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises that doing good is good for business.
reality ideas entrepreneur
Bakers bake bread, accountants manage accounts and entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality.
opportunity essence ideas
A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.