Richard branson net worth
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Want to know more about Richard Branson? You’re in luck. Just in time for Christmas, Richard Branson is releasing an updated version of his autobiography Finding My Virginity. The new version will feature four new chapters revealing the Virgin Group founder’s professional and personal highs and lows since the book’s original release in 2017.
Set for release through Penguin Random House on 24 November, the updated version includes details of the obstacles Richard faced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, how he navigated both business and personal loss and how he made history as the first passenger to fly to space on his own spacecraft. Richard shares in his own words the details of his trip to space onboard Virgin Galactic’s Unity 22 mission from the suspenseful moments leading up to launch day, to the interactions he had with family, colleagues and fellow space industry leaders, to how it felt to float amongst the stars.
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Finding My Virginity is an intimate account of the past 25 years of Virgin’s almost 55-year history: the challenges, difficult decisions,
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Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Branson is one of the great entrepreneurs of our era, and it was truly inspiring to hear his story in his own words. A kid who skipped college and dove straight into business, and time and time again proved he can succeed with a lot of will, determination, and his maverick ability to take big bets and win. Bransons' success is nothing short of inspirational.
I had no idea until reading this how powerful the Virgin brand is, or how many businesses they have gone into. They effectively function like a VC, except they also lend their brand (and perhaps some infrastructure too). Each business is a subsidiary, given its leaders the freedom to move fast and achieve their goals without being slown down by needing permission from the mother ship. This is brilliant. Many of the businesses also complement each other in profitable ways - such as how Virgin
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Richard's bestselling first autobiography. A page-turning memoir, a definitive business guide and an inspirational story all in one. If you want to know how Richard did it, this is the book for you.
Read an excerpt from the book
My childhood is something of a blur to me now, but there are several episodes that stand out. I do remember that my parents continually set us challenges. My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. My youngest sister Vanessa's earliest memory is being woken up in the dark one January morning because Mum had decided I should cycle to Bournemouth that day. Mum packed some sandwiches and an apple and told me to find some water along the way. Bournemouth was fifty miles away from our home in Shamley Green, Surrey. I was under twelve, but Mum thought that it would teach me the importance of stamina and a sense of direction. I remember setting off in the dark, and I have a vague recollection of s
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