Richard Branson

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Branson also appears in a cameo early in XTC's Generals and Majors video.

The character Grandson Richard 39 in Terry Pratchett's Wings is modelled on Branson.

In August 2007, Branson announced that he bought a 20 percent stake in Malaysia's AirAsia X.

The team, originally called Manor, was rebranded when Virgin Group owner Richard Branson purchased a 20 stake.

Between 1995 and 1998 Branson, Per Lindstrand and Steve Fossett made attempts to circumnavigate the globe by balloon.

On September 25, 2012, Williams died of bladder cancer at the age of 84 at his home in Branson, Missouri.

Paul Allen, Elan Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, the Ansari family, which is now funding the Russians' sub orbital thing,

In 1971, Branson was questioned in connection with the selling of records in Virgin stores that had been declared export stock.

Branson used to own three quarters of Virgin Mobile, whereas now he owns 15 percent of the new Virgin Media company.

In 1991, in a consortium with David Frost, Branson made an unsuccessful bid for three ITV franchisees under the CPV TV name.

Branson has also developed a Virgin Cola brand and even a Virgin Vodka brand, which has not been a very successful enterprise.

On 21 September 2006, Branson pledged to invest the profits of Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Trains in research for environmentally friendly fuels.

On 12 April 2005, SN Airholding, the company behind SNBA, signed an agreement with Richard Branson, giving it control over Virgin Express.

Eventually, his family moved to Tiburon, California, a suburb north of San Francisco where he attended The Branson School in Ross, California.

Branson said that he wept when the sale was completed because the record business had been the very start of the Virgin empire.

On 4 July 2006, Branson sold his Virgin Mobile company to UK cable TV, broadband, and telephone company NTL for almost 1 billion.

In 2006, Branson formed Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation, an entertainment company focused on creating new stories and characters for a global audience.

Branson has stated that he was formerly a global warming sceptic and was influenced in his decision by a breakfast meeting with Al Gore.

Business ventures Branson formed Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984, launched Virgin Mobile in 1999, and Virgin Blue in Australia (now named Virgin Australia) in 2000.

In 2004 Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, used a Gibbs Aquada to set a new record for crossing the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle.

Paul Allen, Elan Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, the Ansari family, which is now funding the Russians' sub orbital thing, Bob Bigelow, a private space station, and Carmack.

Or, to take a contemporary example, the British entrepreneur Richard Branson overcame dyslexia and poor academic performance by using events and public stunts to promote his Virgin brands.

Another solution some companies including one called Agilyx, which lists venture capital firms and Richard Branson among its investors have been experimenting with is turning waste agricultural plastic into fuel oil.

Richard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near death experiences and reveals some of his motivations.

Branson also launched the Virgin Health Bank on 1 February 2007, offering parents to be the opportunity to store their baby's umbilical cord blood stem cells in private and public stem cell banks.

Pitbull visited Kodiak on July 30 where he received a key to the city from Mayor Patricia Branson and then made an appearance before a crowd of hundreds at the Coast Guard base.

In March 2004, Branson set a record by travelling 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.

On 9 February 2007, Branson announced the setting up of a new global science and technology prize The Virgin Earth Challenge in the belief that history has shown that prizes of this nature encourage technological advancements for the good of mankind.

Branson also announced that he would be joined in the adjudication of the prize by a panel of five judges, all world authorities in their respective fields Al Gore, Sir Crispin Tickell, Tim Flannery, James E. Hansen, and James Lovelock.

On 13 October 2007, Branson's Virgin Group sought to add Northern Rock to its empire after submitting an offer that would result in Branson personally owning 30 of the company and change the company's name from Northern Rock to Virgin Money.

A year later, at a Cairo conference that negotiated borders in the region, he changed to a British officer s uniform as he engaged in hard transactional bargaining. Or, to take a contemporary example, the British entrepreneur Richard Branson overcame dyslexia and poor academic performance by using events and public stunts to promote his Virgin brands.