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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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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Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your future.
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In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create the kind of airline I'd like. So we got a secondhand 747 and gave it a go.
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Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing.
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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 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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We have enormous sympathy for him. He has done a fantastic job. It is sad they have to come down so soon.