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1 day ago · Richard Branson, born in 1950 to a barrister in London, is known for founding Virgin Atlantic airline in 1984 and spaceflight company Virgin Galactic in 2004. He suffered from Dyslexia in high ...
12 hours ago · Richard Branson. #1545 Richard Branson on the 2024 Billionaires - Richard Branson owes his fortune to a conglomerate of businesses bearing the Virgin brand name, including.
4 days ago · 6. ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ by Amor Towles. Towles’ 2016 bestselling novel follows a former Russian aristocrat confined to house arrest in the 1920s following the Bolshevik revolution. Under ...
3 days ago · 1973 – Branson’s first signed artist, Mike Oldfield, releases the single “Tubular Bells,” which stays on the UK charts for 247 weeks. 1984 – Forms Virgin Atlantic airlines. 1987 – Branson and Per Lindstrand become the first people to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot-air balloon. 1992 – Branson sells Virgin Music Group to Thorn ...
2 days ago · Sir Richard Branson joined in on the formation of The Elders, a group headed by former South African President Nelson Mandela, Mozambican activist Graça Mache, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former US President Jimmy Carter, Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing amongst other notables. The group is ...
5 days ago · Six books that billionaire Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has read over the course of his life have left that sort of lasting effect. Branson is himself an author.
4 days ago · Our story begins in 1967 when Richard launched Student magazine, aged 15. Explore our timeline. Find out everything you need to know about Virgin, Richard Branson, the brand and the companies. Read all the latest news from Virgin and the Branson family.
