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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 ]
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.
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.
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"Maybe in America, ‘billionaire’ is a sign of success, but that rankles me,” Richard Branson, who has an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion, said.
The audience, Branson says, is the young at heart. As an adults-only cruise line, the minimum age is 18, but passengers in their 70s and 80s were also onboard the Greek Islands cruise.
Losing my Virginity is dedicated to "Alex Ritchie and his family" and a note before the prologue thanks Edward Whitley who helped Branson with the writing of the book. The prologue of the book recounts the start of a round-the-world balloon trip over the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and is followed by 28 chapters in which Branson recounts the first 43 years of his life.
Branson began his entrepreneurial career in the magazine business. He created “Student,” a youth culture magazine which covered topics ranging from pop culture to the Vietnam War.