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
war government years
The war on drugs has gone on for about forty-five, fifty years - and it's been a complete failure. If you had a business that was failing so badly, you would change course. And it's just incredible that governments continue along the same course.
people brave forever
Brave people don't live forever, but cautious people don't live at all.
winning years overnight-success
There are no quick wins in business - it takes years to become an overnight success.
dream champion humanity
Dreaming is one of humanity’s greatest gifts - it champions aspiration, spurs innovation, leads to change, and propels the world forward.
entrepreneur clubs venture
LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club.
real differences play
There is no real difference between work and play - it’s all living.
future space people
Space travel will be like every other business. There will be competitors. . . . Thirty months from now, I'm confident we'll be flying people into space.
motivation entrepreneur challenges
My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself
moving years hopeful
On conflicts, generally speaking, the world is a hell of a lot better to live in today than it was thirty years ago, despite what's going on in Syria. There are definitely hopeful signs that the world is moving, decade by decade, in the right direction.
people movement world
Every great movement in the world starts with a tiny group of people who simply refuse to accept a situation.
mean fighting names
Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything. Nothing is more important.
giving people crowds
If you want to stand out from the crowd, give people a reason not to forget you
crazy impossible-things people
If people are crazy enough to dare, impossible things happen.
determination hard-work passion
Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.