RIchard Branson
Sir Richard Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an
English business magnate, best
known for his Virgin Group of more than 400
companies.
His first successful business venture was a magazine
called Student at age 16. In 1970, he set up an
audio record mail-order business. In 1972, he opened a chain of
record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores.
Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set
up Virgin Atlantic
Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label.






