International Entrepreneur: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Branson is a British business magnate and philanthropist who co-founded the Virgin Group, a conglomerate of over 400 companies in various industries. He started his first business, a recording shop called Virgin Records in the late 1960s and expanded into the airline and rail industries in the 1980s and 1990s. Branson also founded Virgin Galactic to pursue space tourism. He has received numerous awards for his business success and philanthropic work through charities focused on wildlife, the environment, health issues, and children's causes. Branson has pledged billions from his businesses to support efforts addressing global warming.
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International Entrepreneur: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Branson is a British business magnate and philanthropist who co-founded the Virgin Group, a conglomerate of over 400 companies in various industries. He started his first business, a recording shop called Virgin Records in the late 1960s and expanded into the airline and rail industries in the 1980s and 1990s. Branson also founded Virgin Galactic to pursue space tourism. He has received numerous awards for his business success and philanthropic work through charities focused on wildlife, the environment, health issues, and children's causes. Branson has pledged billions from his businesses to support efforts addressing global warming.
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International Entrepreneur
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Business Magnate, Investor, Author, Philanthropist & Co-Founder of Virgin Group of companies Presented By- Chaitali Arware – 01 Abhishek Jha – 03 Pratiksha Dhakate – 11 Omkar Mohite – 31 Kevin Shah – 39 Shweta Singh – 51 Journey to Success Recording Shop - Virgin Records In late 80’s - Virgin group of Airlines Virgin Trains won the franchisee from British Rail In 2004, started Virgin Galactic ‘a new space tourism’ along with Microsoft co- founders Virgin Health Bank, Virgin Mobiles, Virgin Megastores, Virgin Hotels, Virgin Animation and the list goes on… Owns 300 plus companies in 30 countries Achievements/ Awards Most Admired Business Person over the last Five Decades by The Sunday Times Business for Peace Award, Oslo, Norway
Listed No. 1 in the list of 100
Most Influential British Entrepreneurs by UK-based company Richtopia Philanthropic Works At age of 17, started his first charity - Student Valley Centre Has pledged $3 billion transport profits to fight global warming Formed The Elders – a small group of leaders working to solve global conflicts Charities and Foundations African Wildlife Foundation Small Steps Project Save the Elephants Cancer Research, UK Avoided Deforestation Stand Up To Cancer Partners Children with AIDS Charity: Water The Elders Water.org Virgin Unite Caudwell Children Thank You