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
far sunday telegraph
I read the Sunday Telegraph stories. They're not too far off what may be happening.
But I think we will be able to appoint more directors, and the chairman.
anybody enormous guarantee pull trying
If you are trying to do something for the first time, it's always an enormous challenge, and there is no guarantee of success. If anybody can pull it off, it will be Steve.
anywhere cape coast east
If you have to set up on the East Coast somewhere, I can't think of anywhere better than Cape Canaveral.
airline business gone saw
If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.
chose five generally goes people six start
Generally speaking, when someone goes for a record-breaking attempt, you start with five or six people in the plane. He chose to go it alone.
adventure
In any adventure like this, there are always uncertainties.
dad advice condom
The best advice I got from my dad? Wear a condom.
stars goal challenges
Everyone needs something to aim for. You can call it a challenge, or you can call it a goal. It is what makes us human. It was challenges that took us from being cavemen to reaching for the stars.
inspirational screws just-do-it
Screw it, just do it!
art half fool
Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings.
school home water
The truth is this: the Earth cannot provide enough food and fresh water for 10 billion people, never mind homes, never mind roads, hospitals and schools.
destiny way-forward giving
The best way forward is to give more people everywhere greater power to build their own destinies.
conflict
We've all got to do everything we can to avoid conflicts.