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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If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish.
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If you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. You must love what you do.
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If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things
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If you follow your dreams and spend your life doing what brings you joy, you are more likely to find success
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People flourish if they’re praised.
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Everything in your business can be outsourced... if you're not emotionally attached to doing it all.
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If you don't make bold moves, the world doesn't move forward.
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If you can make peoples lives a lot better, you've got a really good business.
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I think that you're going to get so much more out of life if you just say yes at every opportunity.
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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 taken a reduction in the price in order to get the deal done. We will reap our reward from the increased share price by holding our shares in this new combined company.
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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.
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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.