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
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British Airways was doing everything they could do to put Virgin Atlantic out of business -- what's become famous here as the dirty tricks campaign, ... We felt that we needed the financial muscle to combat them. And I still had a lot to prove at Virgin Atlantic whereas we proved that we could, you know, build and run a successful record company.
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Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.
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And in the process, we have come up with fuels - algae-based fuels, isobutanol-based fuels and other fuels - that we think will power the planes in the future so that, you know, by 2020 I hope that our planes will be powered on fuels that are clean fuels and are not polluting the environment so that we'll have a green airline and an airline that actually has fuels that will be hopefully cheaper than the dirty fuels of the past. So [we're] doing good and also turning a profit at the same time.
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There are already 30 people in the world who have collected enough air miles to fly into space.
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We expect the first Virgin Galactic space flight to take place in 2008, which gives our Flying Club members time to save up all their miles.
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We are used to transporting millions of people ... transporting them safely. And we want to keep that impeccable record so. We know what our priorities are.
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I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family.
Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.
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At some stage, we're going to need an East Coast base. If you have to set up on the East Coast somewhere, I can't think of anywhere better than Cape Canaveral.
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We are embarrassed to have entered the airspace without permission and relieved that they understand our position.
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We are effectively in an emergency situation. But we are friends with the Chinese people, and this is a sporting event. We have no choice but to go over China, and we would be enormously grateful if they let us in.
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Two people can play at that game. Cheers!
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Virgin Digital UK is an exciting and innovative download service created and designed with the music fan in mind.
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We have enormous sympathy for him. He has done a fantastic job. It is sad they have to come down so soon.