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
mistake making-mistakes reputation
Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
leadership people empowering
It isn't effective or productive to force your employees to do anything. Choice empowers people and makes for a more content workforce.
inspirational business successful
My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel.
teenager moon space
Ever since I saw the moon landing as a young teenager, I was determined I would go into space one day.
focus competition good-customer-service
Screw the competition - focus on good customer service.
numbers people trying
Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.
adventure thinking different
I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure.
fun business giving
We've got an engaging, edgy, vibrant, fun product, ... It may or may not work, but we're going to give it our best shot.
jobs business hands
Our model is to develop each business separately with its own shareholder and management - this way we can concentrate on the job in hand, rather than be part of some enormous and faceless conglomerate.
golf thinking two
Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two months, okay, well, maybe on an unpaid basis, let them do it. That sort of flexibility I think is incredibly important because most of our time, we spend at work.
years evil proud
I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.
Nothing else even comes close.
loyal-customers employee company
Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.
two people trying
I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.