Richard Branson
Virgin founder, author and adventurer sharing business lessons, family stories and the causes that keep him curious.
At 100 nudges, fangea sends Richard’s team an official invite.
🔒 Star boosts open once Richard claims this page.
Latest
Richard’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus their backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
Penguin Audio
HBO
Virgin Galactic
PortfolioOverview
- Born
- 18 July 1950 · Blackheath, London
- Work
- Entrepreneur, author and Virgin Group founder
- First venture
- Student magazine, started as a teenager
- Virgin begins
- 1970 · Mail-order records
- Spaceflight
- 11 July 2021 · Unity 22
Mini bio
How it started.
Richard began with Student magazine as a teenager, giving young people a place to share their ideas. A mail-order record business followed in 1970. When a postal strike threatened that business, the team opened a record shop above a shoe shop on London’s Oxford Street.
The music breakthrough.
At The Manor recording studio, Richard heard a demo by Mike Oldfield. After other labels turned it down, the team created their own label to release Tubular Bells. Virgin Records went on to work with artists including the Sex Pistols, Culture Club and the Rolling Stones.
Beyond records.
Virgin Atlantic launched in 1984, extending his interest in customer experience into flying. He founded Virgin Unite in 2004, and in 2021 flew aboard VSS Unity on Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed spaceflight.
The stories he shares.
His books, blog and videos bring together business lessons and personal adventures. The four-part HBO documentary Branson follows his life ahead of his 2021 spaceflight. In 2024 he narrated a revised combined edition of his two autobiographies, Losing and Finding My Virginity.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books and audio
- 2024Losing and Finding My Virginity: The Full StoryAuthor and narrator
- 2017Finding My VirginityAuthor
Film and television
- 2022BransonSelf; subject of Chris Smith’s four-part documentary
Spaceflight
- 2021Unity 22Mission specialist
Awards
Quotes
Screw it, let’s do it.Richard Branson, Virgin blog, 10 July 2025
His description of the philosophy behind Virgin’s growth, in “Screw it, let’s do it: how Virgin’s adventure mindset built a global brand”.
Trivia
- He recorded his combined memoir audiobook in a makeshift studio soundproofed with pillows, mattresses and whatever else the team could find.
- He calls himself a “grand-dude”.
- He describes himself on YouTube as a tie-loathing adventurer, also known as Dr Yes at Virgin.
- He has written about dyslexia as a source of creativity and about relying on colleagues for writing and accounting skills.
Find Richard
Business lessons, adventures and updates from Richard’s own channels.
Are you Richard Branson?
Fans built this page. Claim it to connect with them and unlock Star boosts, or request a takedown if you’d rather it not exist.