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
dream powerful challenges
Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.
successful people entrepreneur
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.
thinking lines sides
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
loyal-customers keys expectations
The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them - preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.
leadership passion engagement
Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction.
space-flight ideas people
And from, you know, small ideas, bigger ideas emerge. So we're starting with suborbital space flights and we'll then go into orbital space flights and, you know, maybe one day we'll send people on a one-way voyage into the depths of space as per the science fiction trips.
running fighting order
I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important battles. If a negative story starts running away with itself in the press and is not dealt with fast, it can badly damage the brand, and so we put enormous weight on our PR people.
freedom gives love phone
I love the freedom that my phone gives me.
bank bigger biggest products range three
In about three years from now, we'll have the biggest range of products in Australia, bigger than any other bank in Australia, actually.
country strong goal
We all are now very aware of what a connected world we live in - connected to each other and to the earth that gives us everything we have. We need all countries and companies to step up and play their part - setting strong goals, having clear plans, and openly demonstrating progress.
country strong goal
We all are now very aware of what a connected world we live in - connected to each other and to the earth that gives us everything we have. We need all countries and companies to step up and play their part - setting strong goals, having clear plans, and openly demonstrating progress.
world nasty used
There are some nasty, nasty incidents taking place in the world, but [it's] much better than it used to be.
needs please industry
Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.
kids long together
I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family. I'm also in a relationship that's been really good. Lasted a long time. We've got wonderful kids from that relationship, and they've had the benefit of being together. It's fantastic to have that sort of togetherness. It's a rarity these days.