RICHARD BRANSON

VIRGIN GROUP
 Early days
 
Richard Branson was born on 18 July 1950 in South London, the son of barrister Edward
James Branson and Eve Branson.

Branson had poor academic records which contrasted with excellent performance in
sports,especially swimming.

“Sent to a different school, Branson was initially expelled for his nocturnal visits with
the headmaster’s daughter. But, after writing a fake suicide note, Branson got the
expulsion overturned. Back in school, Branson set up Student Magazine at the age of
16 and opened the Student Advisory Centre a year later, which was a charity to help
young people. After his first issue of Student, the headmaster of Branson’s school
wrote a note saying, “Congratulations, Branson. I predict you will either go to prison
or become a millionaire.”

In the next forty years, Branson would go on to prove his headmaster right on both
counts.
CAREER
His business career began at the age of 15 when he
published the magazine called "Student".
He went on to set up a mail-order business in 1970 in
the vinyl record business which, in 1972, became a
chain of record stores called Virgin Records, later
known as Virgin Megastores.
THE RISE OF VIRGIN GROUP
Virgin, a leading branded venture capital organisation, is one of the
world's most recognised and respected brands.

Virgin stands for value for money, quality, innovation, fun and a sense of
competitive challenge.

The Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s. He was known for
running close to the edge in terms of his financing model and risked
everything with Virgin Records to set up Virgin Atlantic Airways. due to
the capital requirements his bankers forced him to sell Virgin Records to
hold onto Virgin Atlantic Airways but he then went on to build the
Virgin brand into diverse areas such as bridal gear and railways.
 Virgin Group has gone on to grow very succesful businesses in
sectors such as mobile telephony, to transportation, travel,
financial services, leisure, music, holidays, publishing and
retailing,motor sporting.
Virgin has created more than 200 branded companies
worldwide, employing approximately 50,000 people, in 29
countries. Revenues around the world in 2006 exceeded £10
billion.
Richard Branson was listed in the Forbes' 2008 list of
billionaires with a net worth of approximately $7.9 billion USD
LESSONS LEARNT FROM BRANSON
Be A Good Leader
Build A Powerful Brand
Keep Flying High
Break Records
Have Fun
THANK YOU FOR KNOWING ME