Occupation: Business Magnate Birth: July 18, 1950
If you do something for fun and create the best possible product, then the profit will come..
I'm sure if Brawn GP keep plying me with champagne and putting gorgeous Virgin girls either side of me, you never know!.
By nature I am curious about life, and this extends to my business..
About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues..
In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create the kind of airline I'd like. So ….
There isn't a flight goes by when I don't stare out of the window and thank my stars for what I'm seeing and feeling..
Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM!.
I never went into business to make money, but I have found that if I have fun, the money will come..
Have passion for what you do; believe in yourself and your product and your customer; persevere; delegate; listen. Have fun. Today, I add: "Do good"..
You need lucky breaks to be successful..
You get the idea. Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works o….
I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial reso….
Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much possible. The Virgin Group has survived….
We will eventually build space science labs and hotels, prodding the capability for missions beyond the orbit of the Earth. Our space-hotel guests wi….
Have faith in yourself. Think yes not no. Live life to the full. Never give up..
I was a risk-taker as a young man, and I don't regret it. I'm not adventurous in quite the same way now, but I still love the challenge of testing my….
One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to ….
Every great movement in the world starts with a tiny group of people who simply refuse to accept a situation..
Realize that the people who are working with you, this is their life. You know, 80% of their time is spent at work. Make sure that they're proud of w….
Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes..
If you don't make bold moves, the world doesn't move forward..