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Richard Branson

Also known as Sir Richard Branson, Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies.

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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is a British entrepreneur, aircraft pilot, writer, and autobiographer. Born in Blackheath in 1950, he holds United Kingdom citizenship and resides on Necker Island, which he owns. His professional career began in 1966, with work locations primarily in the United Kingdom. He is recognized for his contributions to entrepreneurship and management.

Branson has received several honors, including the Tony Jannus Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the title of Knight Bachelor. He is also known for his significant event involving a sub-orbital spaceflight as a member of the Unity 22 crew. As an author, he has produced 28 works, including titles such as *How to Get Ahead in Business* and *Perdiendo la virginidad*. He speaks English and identifies with Catholicism and atheism.

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Born: 1950
Works: 28

Top works

How to Get Ahead in Business
Richard Branson
Perdiendo la virginidad
Onbegrensde mogelijkheden
Zaryzykuj - zrób to!

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Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate and investor, best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies. At the age of sixteen his first business venture was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores.…

Known for

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly — Self2026
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible — Self2025
Mrs Robinson2024
DEVO — Self (archive footage)2024
Branson — Self2022
Eating Our Way to Extinction — Self2021
Space Titans: Musk, Bezos, Branson — Self2021
Send It! — Self (as Sir Richard Branson)2021
Amol Rajan Interviews — Self - Interviewed Guest2021
The Secret Life of Lele Pons — Self2020

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Instance of: human
Given name: Richard
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Blackheath
Mother: Eve Branson
Occupation: secondary school teacher
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: atheism
Noble title: Knight Bachelor
Field of work: management
Official website: www.virgin.com/richard-branson
Image: 5.3.10RichardBransonByDavidShankbone.jpg
Work location: United Kingdom
Residence: Necker Island
Significant event: sub-orbital spaceflight

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Commons category: Richard Branson
date of birth: 1950-07-18
start of work period: 1966-00-00
honorific prefix: Sir
short name: Richard Branson
social media followers: 12608474
member of the crew of: Unity 22
birth name: Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
medical condition: dyslexia
official blog URL: www.virgin.com/branson-family/richard-branson-blog
name in native language: Richard Charles Nicholas Branson

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies.

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. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. His Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he started the Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label. In 1997 he founded the Virgin Rail Group to bid for passenger rail franchises during the privatisation of British Rail. The Virgin Trains brand operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 1997 to 2019, the InterCity CrossCountry franchise from 1997 to 2007 and the InterCity East Coast franchise from 2015 to 2018. In 2004, he founded the space tourism company Virgin Galactic, based at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, United States, noted for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane.

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