Quotes by Richard Branson

About Richard Branson:

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English businessman and investor. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.
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One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

Richard Branson

To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.

Richard Branson

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.

Richard Branson

I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.

Richard Branson

And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.

Richard Branson

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

Richard Branson

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a bal...

Richard Branson

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

Richard Branson

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

Richard Branson

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 resources and the time to do more.

Richard Branson

Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.

Richard Branson

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

Richard Branson

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues...

Richard Branson

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.

Richard Branson

Author Bio

  • NameRichard Branson
  • DescriptionBritish business magnate
  • AliasesSir Richard Branson; Richard Charles Nicholas Branson; Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
  • BornJuly 18, 1950
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur; Aviator; Writer; Autobiographer; Businessperson
  • AwardsTony Jannus Award; Sergio Vieira De Mello Citizen Of The World; Giuseppe Motta Medal