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Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Actor · Born July 18, 1950 · Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate and investor, best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.   At the age of sixteen his first business venture was a magazine called Student.  In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores.  Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic and expanded the Virgin Records music label. According to the Forbes 2012 list of billionaires, Branson is the sixth richest citizen of the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of US$4.6 billion. /Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Branson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia./

Acted in 19

Produced 2

1980s

  1. 1984
  2. 1980

    The Space Movie

    Producer

Appearances52

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. 2025

    Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

    Self

  3. 2024
  4. 2022
  5. 2021

    Space Titans: Musk, Bezos, Branson

    Self

  6. Amol Rajan Interviews

    Self - Interviewed Guest · 1 episode

  7. 2020

    The Secret Life of Lele Pons

    Self · 1 episode

2010s

  1. 2018

    Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip

    Self

  2. The Kodiak Queen

    Self

  3. 2017

    Matthews

    Self

  4. The 21st Century Race For Space

    Self

  5. Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers

    Self

  6. 2016

    Chapter One: The Kiteboard Legacy Begins

    Self - Rider

  7. Don't Look Down

    Self

  8. 2015
  9. Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story

    Self

  10. 2014

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

    Self

  11. 2013

    Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story

    Self

  12. When Albums Ruled the World

    Self

  13. 2012

    The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

    Self

  14. The Secret Policeman's Ball

    Self

  15. Choice Point

    Self

  16. 2011

    A Man's Story

    Self

  17. 2010

    210 Days – Around the World with Jessica Watson

    Narrator

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1996
  3. 1994

    The Day Today

    Self, Self (archive footage) · 1 episode