Richard Branson Quotes

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group, which controls more than 400 companies.

Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label.

In March 2000, Branson was knighted at Buckingham Palace for "services to entrepreneurship". For his work in retail, music and transport , his taste for adventure, and for his humanitarian work, he became a prominent figure. In 2002, he was named in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. In 2004, he founded spaceflight corporation Virgin Galactic, noted for the SpaceShipOne project.

In March 2017, Forbes listed Branson's estimated net worth at $5 billion.

✵ 18. July 1950
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Famous Richard Branson Quotes

“If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.”

Quoted by P. Greenberg, “Why JetBlue will be different,” MSNBC as cited in Gittell and O’Reilly (October, 2001) Harvard Business School Press Reprint No. 9-801-354 [citation needed]

“I was born under a lucky star, and I have nothing whatsoever to regret. I wouldn’t change a thing about my life.”

In his interview with Nina Myskow for Saga magazine, July 2007

Richard Branson Quotes about life

“Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!”

Source: Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

Richard Branson Quotes

“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.”

Source: Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life

“The brave may not live forever – But the cautious do not live at all”

Source: Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School

“Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.”

Source: Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”

Source: Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.”

From his interview in The Sunday Mirror, 16th January 2000

“To be associated with industry no longer carries the stigma of profiteering, exploitation and of being uncaring as it did when I was at school.”

From Branson's Foreword to the book: [Marcouse, Ian, 1996, Understanding Industry, Bath, Hodder & Stoughton, ix, 034067927-1, 2014]

“One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.”

From Richard Branson's blog ‘Learning from mistakes’ on the Virgin Website

“Making money never was my incentive. I just want to fight big companies.”

From his interview in The Sunday Mirror, 16th January 2000

“I think other companies need to stand on their own two feet, and the weak ones need to go to the wall.”

Interviewed by the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7903172.stm on his opposition to extending bail-outs beyond the banking sector during the Great Recession, 21 February 2009

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