-
Richard was born
Richard Branson wss born in Blackheath London.18th July is his birthdays. -
His record business
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. -
He married
Richard Branson married Kristen Tomassi in 1972 and divorced her in 1979. -
His travel company
After the success of Virgin Records, he expanded his entrepreneurial efforts and began his own travel company, the Voyager Group in 1980. -
His airlines
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. -
He married again
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. -
His record company
He started another record company called V2 in 1996, which still operates to date and has sighed artists like Tom Jones and Powder Finger. -
Start a new space tourism company
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. -
Virgin Health Bank
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. -
Presented the World Award
He was presented the United Nations Correspondents Association Citizen of the World Award for his contributions to humanitarian causes on December 7,2007. -
He supports many humanitarian causes
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. -
Became the patron
In this year, he became the patron of the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race, which had over 16 balloons flying all across Europe. -
The Forbes Magazines
In 2012, he was ranked 4th richest citizen of the United Kingdom in the list of billionaires by Forbes Magazines. -
The orbital space launch
In July 2012, he announced that he was going to launch an orbital space launch called LauncherOen.
