
Richard Branson
Born: July 18, 1950
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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is a British industrialist, best known for his
Virgin brand of over 360 companies. Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student. He then set up an audio record mail-order business in 1970. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores,
Virgin Records, later known as
Virgin Megastores and rebranded after a management buyout as Zavvi in late 2007 who later went into administration in 2008 and only exist now as an online store. Branson's
Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s—as he set up
Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the
Virgin Records music label.
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