Richard Branson

Biography

Sir Richard Branson is a renowned English business magnate and investor, best known for founding Virgin Group at 16 with his magazine venture Student. He expanded the brand into music with Virgin Records in 1972, later establishing Virgin Atlantic in the 1980s. A visionary entrepreneur, Branson co-founded Virgin Galactic in 2004 to pioneer space tourism. With an estimated net worth of $4.6 billion, he's one of the UK's richest citizens.