1. SIR RICHARD BRANSON
The father of Virgin...

2. PERSONAL LIFE
 Was born on 18th July 1950 in London
 Parents Edward James Branson and Eve
Branson
 Branson had dyslexia, a poor academic
performance as a student, but discovered his
ability to gel up with others
 Branson had poor academic records,
contrasted with excellent performance in
sports

3.  In 1998 Branson released
his autobiography entitled
‘Losing my virginity’ an
international best seller

6. BUSINESS VENTURES
• Formed Virgin Atlantic airways1984
• Entered into Railway business and won the
Virgin trains1992
• Acquired European short-haul airline Euro
Belgian airline and renamed it Virgin Express1996
• Launched Virgin Mobile1999
• Launched Virgin blue in Australia2000
• Was 9th in Sunday times rich list
• Formed Virgin comics and virgin animation2006
• Virgin America airlines
• Launched the Virgin health bank2007
• Virgin Health bank announced it would open
healthcare clinics2008

7. WORLD RECORD ATTEMPTS
• Crossed the Pacific from Japan to Arctic Canada,
6,700 miles (10,800 km), in a hot air balloon. This
broke the
record, with a speed of 245 miles per hour (394 km/h).
1998
• A 1998 attempt at an around-the-world balloon flight
by Branson, Fossett, and Lindstrand ends in the
Pacific Ocean on 25 December 1998.
• Flight from Morocco to Hawaii
1998
• Travelled from Dover to Calais in a Gibbs Aquada, in 1
hour, 40 minutes and 6 seconds, the fastest crossing
of the English
Channel in an amphibious vehicle.
2004

8. HONOURS
• Was knighted for his ‘services to
entrepreneurship1999
• received theTony Jannus Award for his
accomplishments in commercial air
transportation.2000
• Appears at No. 85 on the 2002 list of "100
Greatest Britons´.2002
• Ranked in 2007'sTime Magazine "Top 100 Most Influential
People in the World".
• Was presented with the United Nations Correspondents
Association Citizen of the World Award for his support for
environmental and humanitarian causes
2007