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SuccessInspired by Steve Jobs, the owner of NYSE says some successful leaders don’t invent—they just have ‘good taste’ and surround themselves with smart people
By Emma BurleighJanuary 29, 2026
Richard Branson and his wife Joan kiss
Arts & EntertainmentBillionaire Richard Branson mourns his wife and partner of 50 years, Joan: ‘She was my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world’
By Dave SmithNovember 25, 2025
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LeadershipRichard Branson says Trump’s tariffs messed up a promising economy: ‘Everything was going so bloody well up to about three months ago’
By Paolo ConfinoApril 23, 2025
Sir Richard Branson attends "Branson" New York Premiere at HBO Screening Room on November 29, 2022 in New York City.
LeadershipRichard Branson makes Virgin Atlantic bosses play ‘Liar’s Dice’ on Necker Island retreats—he usually wins the game of ‘guesswork, bluff and luck’
By Ryan HoggApril 7, 2025
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LeadershipSir Richard Branson says history will remember this time as when the West’s trust in America ‘ended’
By Ryan HoggMarch 31, 2025
Richard Branson, chairman and founder of Virgin Group Ltd., poses for a photograph on board a new Virgin Azuma high speed train, manufactured by Hitachi Ltd., at Kings Cross station, London, U.K., on Friday, March 18, 2016. Virgin Trains will revive plans to offer high-speed Internet access on Europes busiest rail route in a bid to beat the plane and persuade business people to travel outside peak hours.
FinanceBillionaire Sir Richard Branson plans to take on Eurostar’s 30-year train monopoly with $900 million Virgin Group fundraise
By Ryan HoggMarch 10, 2025
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FinanceRichard Branson–backed firm’s dream of flying people to the stratosphere in balloons is deflating as staffers are furloughed
By Prarthana PrakashJanuary 24, 2025
SuccessWhy billionaire Richard Branson will walk away from you if you try to gossip with him
By Chloe BergerOctober 11, 2024
SuccessGen Z wants to be their own boss—billionaire Richard Branson says they may be better skipping college to ‘get on with it’ instead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 4, 2024
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EnvironmentHow far is it possible to ‘green’ an airplane?
By Alex LedsomSeptember 3, 2024
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LeadershipRing’s inventor was ‘completely broke’ before pitching his $1 billion idea to ‘Shark Tank’ and Amazon
By Sasha RogelbergJune 25, 2024
LeadershipVirgin Atlantic’s CEO says he received complaints about the airline’s tattoo policy—and he doesn’t care: ‘Society will catch up’
By Phil WahbaJune 25, 2024
Holly Branson, Richard Branson and Sam Branson attend We Day UK at Wembley Arena on March 5, 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
Success73-year-old British billionaire Sir Richard Branson unveils succession plan to give Virgin Atlantic to his kids
By Ryan HoggJune 10, 2024
Sir Richard Branson attends the presentation of Virgin Fiber.
SuccessSir Richard Branson—who hates being called a billionaire—sees net worth fall back to $3 billion, where it was in 2000
By Ryan HoggMay 17, 2024
Richard Branson is honored with star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 16, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
FinanceBillionaire and Virgin Group founder, Richard Branson’s wealth has tumbled by more than half since 2021 to $3bn as SPAC problems gave him ‘a big jolt from the side through COVID’
By Ben Stupples and BloombergApril 9, 2024
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