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
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.
stars regret lucky
I was born under a lucky star, and I have nothing whatsoever to regret. I wouldn't change a thing about my life.
stars feelings aviation
There isn't a flight goes by when I don't stare out of the window and thank my stars for what I'm seeing and feeling.
dream stars future
We hope to create thousands of astronauts over the next few years and bring alive their dream of seeing the majestic beauty of our planet from above, the stars in all their glory and the amazing sensations of weightlessness and space flight.
stars balloons lucky
I've been lucky to have survived balloon trips, boating trips, you know, a lot of rather foolish things in my life, so I was definitely born under a lucky star.
stars sorry believe
I'm not superstitious. I don't really believe in star signs, sorry, or superstitions.
club expect flight flying gives members save space time
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.
impeccable millions people priorities record
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.
enormous fantastic sad sympathy
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.
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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.
family
I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family.
Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.