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1966 – After failed attempts to grow and sell both Christmas trees and budgerigars, Branson launches his first successful business, a magazine named Student, the first issue of which appearing in January 1968. [1] Branson's net worth was estimated at £50,000 by 1969.
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 5 companies remaining of once more than 400. [1] Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age.
Virgin Group [1] is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in February 1970. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding company; however, Virgin's business and trading activities date back to the 1970s. The net worth of Virgin Group ...
Ted Turner. Net worth: $2.5 billion First job: Ad executive, 1960 Salary then: $6,541 per year That salary today: $69,278 per year CNN founder-turned-philanthropist Ted Turner had dreams of ...
Branson's daughter Holly is Virgin Atlantic's chief purpose and vision officer, while his son Sam is an informal advisor. 73-year-old British billionaire Sir Richard Branson unveils succession ...
Virgin Money, the U.K. bank part-owned by Branson, announced last week that it was the subject of a takeover bid from banking rival Nationwide for £2.9 billion, causing its share price to soar.
The Spaceship Company (TSC) was founded by Richard Branson through Virgin Group (which owned 70%) and Burt Rutan through Scaled Composites (which owned 30%) to build commercial spaceships and launch aircraft for space travel.
The Spaceship Company (TSC) is a British/American spacecraft manufacturing company that was founded by Burt Rutan and Richard Branson in mid-2005 and was jointly owned by Virgin Group (70%) and Scaled Composites (30%) until 2012 when Virgin Galactic became the sole owner. [3]