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
chinese choice emergency friends-or-friendship grateful
We are effectively in an emergency situation. But we are friends with the Chinese people, and this is a sporting event. We have no choice but to go over China, and we would be enormously grateful if they let us in.
people
Two people can play at that game. Cheers!
obviously
Obviously we are disappointed about not making it when we had it in our grasp,
couple hopeful looking next
It's looking hopeful that the transaction will get done over the next couple of months.
hairy landing
It was the most hairy landing I've ever been through.
gone
We're going where no one has gone before.
allow chance landed
There is no one to follow, there is nothing to copy. We may even allow those aliens who landed here 50 years ago a chance to go home.
distinct
It is a distinct possibility and it is not just to the States.
great keeping quite
I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.
dealt
We are disappointed at the way this was dealt with at the boardroom level.
cast club david definitely interested likely market rule slide
We are definitely in the market for interesting opportunities and, while David Lloyd is not a club we're likely to be interested in as a whole, we have cast a slide rule over it and would be interested in some of the clubs.
leave plans
Our plans for Virgin are pretty much to leave it as it is.
anyone enormous guilt places position
Anyone would feel an enormous sense of guilt going to one of these places - and if you're in a position to do something about it you've got to make an effort.
Oh, I don't like the look on his face.