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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on 18 July 1950 [9] [10] in Blackheath, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, the son of Edward James Branson (1918–2011), a barrister, and his wife Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; 1924–2021), a former ballet dancer and air hostess. [11] [12] He has two younger sisters, Lindy and Vanessa. [13]
Powell's marriage to Merrill Tomassi, the sister of Richard Branson's first wife, ended in divorce. He then married singer Sandie Shaw and helped relaunch her career. They had two children, Amie and Jack, before divorcing in the early 1990s.
In the 1970s Richard Branson had created a music empire, signing talent such as Mike Oldfield, Phil Collins and the Sex Pistols. With a chain of music stores as well as a record label, the young ...
Branson opened and ran the Vanessa Devereux Gallery on Blenheim Crescent in London from 1986 until 1991. [7] She had married Robert Devereux in 1983 and they had four children before divorcing in 1997. [5] [8] Between 1999 and 2004, Prue O’Day and Branson curated the Wonderful Fund collection which was first shown at the Museum of Marrackech. [9]
Branson invited Berry and his girlfriend to a nice late-night dinner at a rooftop restaurant he owned — for the purpose of distracting him while some "hired hands," as Branson calls them, broke ...
Branson actually dropped out of school at 15 and launched his first business with less than $2,000 after being handed an ultimatum from his headmaster to either focus on his formal education or ...
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.
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