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
trying prepared
I am prepared to try anything once.
drug fit incredibles
There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that. It beats drugs, drink, and almost anything else I know.
thinking years long
So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.
running new-business
The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.
war years numbers
I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.
fun school mean
Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes right against the grain of convention, and it's certainly not how the they teach it at some of those business schools, where business means hard grind and lots of 'discounted cash flows' and net' present values'.
creating people entrepreneur
Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating.
business people groups
Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.
names people products
You can create a business, choose a name, but unless people know about it you're not going to sell any products.
nice long alive
Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.
thinking advice important
I think it's important we continue to find new ways for start-up businesses to get access to funding, mentorship and business advice.
finding-yourself way middle
If you find yourself stuck in the middle there is only one way to go, forward.
challenges trying interest-in-life
My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.
fun mean names
What does the name Virgin mean? We are a company that likes to take on the giants. In too many businesses, these giants have had things their own way. We are going to have fun competing with them.