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
successful way being-successful
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY to find out whether or not you'll be successful other than just doing it
differences what-matters making-a-difference
What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.
successful business-success way
Many assume my business success has brought me happiness. But the way I see it, I am successful because I am happy.
people mind trying
When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it.
regret moving next
Never look back in regret - move on to the next thing.
records warning extraordinary-things
The extraordinary thing about the record industry is how success can take off without warning.
running real moving
If you run your business fairly; if you treat people well; if you try to move your business into areas that are making a real positive difference to other peoples lives; I think you'll A. have much pleasant life, but B. I think you'll have a much more successful business.
senior people links
Good customer service begins at the top. If your senior people don't get it, even the strongest links further down the line can become compromised.
fun long people
There are quite a few things I've done that even I thought might have been one step too far. But if you are willing to make a fool of yourself and make people smile, as long as you do it with a sense of fun, you can get away with it.
people leader praise
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
cutting phones internet-access
If you offer people a decent service, if you give them you know Internet access, if their phones are not cut off on the trains, you know if you have plugs where they can plug in their computers, and if you have a smiling, cheerful staff; and if you can travel really quickly, then you can make a success out of the rail business.
opportunity entrepreneur made
In times of recession there are massive opportunities and fortunes to be made, so for new up and coming entrepreneurs, this is the time to go and start a business.
good-business ifs
If you can make peoples lives a lot better, you've got a really good business.
heart games sweat
I never learned the rules in the first place. To change the game is at the heart of what Virgin stands for, so the company culture has always been: "Don't sweat it: rules were meant to be broken."