Sir richard branson billionaire biography books pdf

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson born 18 July is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in , and as of [update] controlled 5 companies remaining of once more than Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student.

Adage than multibillionaire Sir Richard Branson, who has earned his fortune simply by pursuing his personal interests.

In , he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records —later known as Virgin Megastores —in Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the s, as he started the Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label. In , Branson founded the Virgin Rail Group to bid for passenger rail franchises during the privatisation of British Rail.

In , he founded spaceflight corporation Virgin Galactic , based at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, noted for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane designed for space tourism. In March , Branson was knighted at Buckingham Palace for "services to entrepreneurship".

Global business icon Richard Branson has written many books, but none have been more popular than his first memoir, 's Losing My Virginity.

On 11 July , Branson travelled as a passenger onboard Virgin Galactic Unity 22 at the edge of space , a suborbital test flight for his spaceflight company Virgin Galactic. At 70, Branson became the third oldest person to fly to space. Starting from , four generations of Branson's family lived in India, mostly at Cuddalore , in modern-day Tamil Nadu.

On the show Finding Your Roots , Branson was shown to have 3. Branson has dyslexia , and had poor academic performance; on his last day at school, his headmaster, Robert Drayson , told him he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. Branson is an atheist. After failed attempts to grow and sell both Christmas trees and budgerigars , Branson launched a magazine named Student in with Nik Powell.

The office for the venture was situated in the crypt of St.