Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Famous for: Founding the famous Virgin brand, attracting media attention with his marketing tactics, and for his balloon adventures.
Branson is passionate about life and living every minute to its fullest. Since 1985 he has been getting his adrenaline rushes through world record breaking attempts by boat and hot air balloon. Several distance and speed records have been attempted and achieved, but his attempt to be the first person to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon was never achieved. Branson makes each record attempt a media event with his Virgin logo prominently displayed during every launch, which has been an excellent source of free advertising and brand placement for the Virgin Group.
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a british indistrilist best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies.
Branson was born at Stonefield Nursing Home in Blackheath , South London, the son of barrister Edward James Branson and Eve Branson Huntley Flindt.His grandfather the Right Honourable Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson, was a judge of the High Court of Justic and a Privy councillor Branson was educated at Scaitcliffe Stowe School until the age of thirteen. He then attended Stowe School until he was sixteen. Branson has mild Dyslexia and had poor academic performance as a student, but discovered his ability to connect with others.
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