For those who try to get away with it, there are a few 'peculiar explanations' that led to a business legend!
Having started Virgin as a mail order record retailer in 1970,
Richard founded Virgin Records. After the first Virgin artist, Mike
Oldfield, released ‘Tubular Bells’, Virgin Records went on to sign
household names from the Sex Pistols to The Rolling Stones. There are
now more than 40 Virgin companies worldwide, employing approximately
71,000 people in over 35 countries.
Richard has challenged himself
with many record breaking adventures, including the fastest ever
Atlantic Ocean crossing, a series of oceanic balloon journeys and
kitesurfing across the Channel. He has described Virgin Galactic, the
world’s first commercial spaceline, as being “the greatest adventure of
all”. Richard has nearly 40 million followers on social media and blogs
regularly on issues ranging from entrepreneurship to the environment and
adventure to purpose.
Since starting youth culture magazine Student aged 15, Richard has found entrepreneurial ways to drive positive change in the world. In 2004 Richard established Virgin Unite, the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, which unites people and entrepreneurial ideas to create opportunities for a better world. Most of his time is now spent building businesses that will make a positive difference in the world and working with Virgin Unite and organisations it has incubated, such as The Elders, The B Team and Ocean Unite.
Source: Richard's Blog, Virgin Group
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