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News about Richard Branson, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Jan 14, 2012 · Richard Branson is the leonine founder and chief executive of the Virgin Group, a conglomerate of more than 300 companies with 43,000 employees and global revenues reportedly of $21 billion.
May 5, 2021 · Nick Schmidle Rikki Schmidle. When Stucky and Schmidle first meet at a bar, he is on assignment for The New Yorker in the days after Mike Alsbury’s death. “He ordered a shot of whiskey, neat ...
- Short Biography Richard Branson
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- Losing My Virginity: Richard Branson Autobiography
Richard Branson was born in Blackheath, London 18 July 1950. His father was a barrister. Branson attended Scaitcliffe School and later Stowe school. Suffering from dyslexia, Branson did not excel at studies; he was more interested in extracurricular activities, such as football and cricket. At the age of 15, he had started to try his first business...
After quitting school, he moved back to London where he began his first successful business. He started a magazine about youth culture, called The Student. It was produced by students, for students and was launched in 1966. Branson was able to attract significant advertisement from firms wishing to tap the student market; this enabled him to distri...
Branson states that after meeting Al Gore, he became concerned about the issue of global warming. He has founded Virgin fuels to promote an alternative to fossil fuels. He has also promised to use profits from his transport business to develop more environmentally friendly fuels. In 2007, he set up the Virgin Earth Challenge which offers a reward o...
Richard Branson has undertaken many endurance world record attempts. He set the fastest transatlantic sailing record in 1986. He also made several record attempts in hot air balloons. In 1998, he failed in a bid to make a global flight in a hot air balloon.
With Nelson Mandela and Peter Gabriel, Branson formed a new group ‘The Elders’, which seeks to find peaceful resolutions to long standing conflicts and global problems. Other members included Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and Mohammed Yunus. Branson is also involved in a variety of other charities, such as education in Kenya, Soldiers for ...
The Sunday Times estimates the wealth of Richard Branson at £3,065 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the UK. Much of this is invested in off-shore havens, and he has been criticised for avoiding paying UK tax. He responds that he prefers to live on Necker Island, a 74-acre (30 ha) island owned by Branson in the British Virgin Islands...
Oct 5, 2017 · 4.08. 3,442ratings277reviews. Kindle $14.99. Global business icon Richard Branson has written many books, but none have been more popular than his first memoir, 1998's Losing My Virginity. Now he's finally publishing his second volume of memoirs, covering all of his fascinating ups and downs of the past two decades.
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Dec 1, 2002 · Richard Branson. Richard Branson's life is an adventure, from record-breaking balloon flights to courtroom battles with British Airways. This autobiography of the founder of the Virgin empire, offers an insight into the private and public world of this larger-than-life entrepreneur. 112 pages, Paperback. First published December 1, 2002.
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Jan 1, 1998 · 3.79. 62 ratings2 reviews. The authorized biography of the dynamic British entrepreneur and adventurer. Through the huge successes of Virgin Music and his airline Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson's name has become a byword for entrepreneurial flair. This new authorized biography examines Branson's ongoing battle with British Airways for ...
