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Richard Branson wss born in Blackheath London.18th July is his birthdays.
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He studied at Scaitcliffe School and then attended Stowe School, until the age of 16.
At the age of 16, he started his record business from the crypt of a church and advertised the famous records in 'The Student', a magazine. -
Richard Branson married Kristen Tomassi in 1972 and divorced her in 1979.
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After the success of Virgin Records, he expanded his entrepreneurial efforts and began his own travel company, the Voyager Group in 1980.
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In this year, he expanded his business and started his own group of airlines, "Virgin Atlantic" and a series of Virgin Megastores thereafter. It was not that he always tasted success and his business faced liquidity problems as well.
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He married Joan Templeman in 1989 on Necker Island, one of the islands from British Virgin Islands, which he owns, He also owns land in Barbuda and Antigua. He has a son and a daughter.
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He started another record company called V2 in 1996, which still operates to date and has sighed artists like Tom Jones and Powder Finger.
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At this time, he announced that he was going to start a new space tourism company called "Virgin Galactic", with the aid of Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen and Burt Rutan.
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Branson launched the Virgin Health Bank on February 1, 2007, which ensured that parents-to-be could store stem cells for the futrue. It also offers the the option to people to store their baby's umbilical cord.
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He was presented the United Nations Correspondents Association Citizen of the World Award for his contributions to humanitarian causes on December 7,2007.
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He supports many humanitarian causes and in May 2008, he travelled to the Massai Mara to open a new school. He has also volunteered to fund charity fund raisers and has even contributed to the Global Commissin on Drug Policy.
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In this year, he became the patron of the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race, which had over 16 balloons flying all across Europe.
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In 2012, he was ranked 4th richest citizen of the United Kingdom in the list of billionaires by Forbes Magazines.
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In July 2012, he announced that he was going to launch an orbital space launch called LauncherOen.
