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
inspirational business trying
If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again.
inspirational business swim
Once a changemaker, always a changemaker but only a few swim against the tide.
want succeed needs
To succeed in business you need to be original, but you also need to understand what your customers want.
succeed connections succeeding-in-business
Succeeding in business is all about making connections
businessman
I never set out to be a businessman
important venture entrepreneurial
The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.
commitment people important
Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life.
girl night thinking
One night, I was chatting with a group of 16-year-old girls over a few drinks about a name for the record store ... A bunch of ideas were bounced around, then, as we were all new to business, someone suggested Virgin. It smacked of new and fresh and at the time the word was still slightly risqué, so, thinking it would be an attention-grabber, we went with it.
eye cost entrepreneurial
Clearly in the eyes of the consumer; the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs.
inspirational business integrity
Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.
couple war leader
Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And in business, you're competing with other companies all the time, but you don't end up going to war with each other.
couple future moon
We will eventually build space science labs and hotels, prodding the capability for missions beyond the orbit of the Earth. Our space-hotel guests will be able to take breath-taking excursions, flying a couple of hundred feet above the Moon's surface in small two-man spaceships. In time, we will launch missions to Mars and beyond.
good-life long risk
Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.
curious
By nature I am curious about life, and this extends to my business.