\nSir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson s-a n\u0103scut pe 18 iulie 1950 \u00een Blackheath, Londra, \u015fi a fost cel mai mare dintre cei trei copii ai lui Edward James, avocat, \u015fi ai Evei Branson, fost\u0103 balerin\u0103 \u015fi stewardes\u0103. \u00cen adolescen\u0163\u0103, Branson a suferit de dislexie \u015fi a avut rezultate \u015fcolare slabe, a\u015fa c\u0103 la v\u00e2rsta de 16 ani s-a hot\u0103r\u00e2t s\u0103 \u00eentrerup\u0103 cursurile \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eenceap\u0103 un drum de antreprenor.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cenainte de a pleca, directorul \u015fcolii, Robert Drayson, i-a spus c\u0103 va sf\u00e2r\u015fi fie \u00een \u00eenchisoare, fie va deveni milionar. Previziunile acestuia nu au fost gre\u015fite. Imediat dup\u0103 ce a p\u0103r\u0103sit \u015fcoala, Branson a fondat revista Student. Acesta a fost primul proiect de succes din cariera care avea s\u0103 \u00eel propulseze \u00een topul celor mai boga\u0163i oameni din lume.<\/p>\n
\nUlterior, a \u00eenceput s\u0103 \u00eenregistreze, \u00eentr-o biseric\u0103, interviuri cu diver\u015fi arti\u015fti, ca Mick Jagger, pe care le vindea prin coresponden\u0163\u0103. Succesul a venit peste noapte, iar \u00een 1972 Branson a pus bazele casei de discuri Virgin Records, al\u0103turi de Nik Powell. Numele Virgin a fost ales deoarece sugera faptul c\u0103 Branson era nou \u00een lumea businessului. Primul album \u00eenregistrat \u00een studioul deschis \u00een Londra, pe Oxford Street, a fost Tubular Bells (1973) al artistului Mike Oldfield. Ulterior, a avut colabor\u0103ri de succes cu numeroase forma\u0163ii celebre, precum Sex Pistols, Spice Girls sau The Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1984, Branson a pus bazele companiei Virgin Atlantic Airways, care s-a extins, ulterior, pe plan interna\u0163ional. Tot sub umbrela Virgin Group au fost lansate, printre altele, compania feroviar\u0103 Virgin Trains (1997), compania de telefonie mobil\u0103 Virgin Mobile (1999) \u015fi Virgin Hotels (2010). \u00cen 2004, Branson a lansat Virgin Galactic, o companie de turism spa\u0163ial cu zboruri suborbitale, pre\u0163ul unei astfel de c\u0103l\u0103torii fiind de 200.000 de dolari. A avut \u00eens\u0103 \u015fi c\u00e2teva proiecte care au e\u015fuat, printre care se num\u0103r\u0103 Virgin Cola, Virgin Cars sau Virgin Brides.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1978, Branson a cump\u0103rat insula Necker cu 180.000 de dolari. Aici \u015fi-a construit re\u015fedin\u0163a principal\u0103, care a fost distrus\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 de dou\u0103 ori, \u00eent\u00e2i de uraganul Irene, \u00een 2011, apoi \u00een 2017, \u00een timpul uraganului Irma. Primul s\u0103u mariaj, cu Kristen Tomassi, s-a \u00eencheiat \u00een 1979. \u00cempreun\u0103 cu a doua so\u0163ie, Joan Templeman, cu care s-a c\u0103s\u0103torit \u00een 1989, are o fiic\u0103, Holly, \u015fi un fiu, Sam. \u00cen 1998, el a lansat romanul autobiografic Losing My Virginity, care a devenit best-seller interna\u0163ional. Printre reu\u015fitele personale se num\u0103r\u0103 \u015fi o serie de recorduri mondiale ob\u0163inute \u00een urma unor competi\u0163ii de kitesurfing.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1992, pentru a-\u015fi men\u0163ine compania aviatic\u0103 pe linia de plutire, Branson a v\u00e2ndut casa de discuri Virgin c\u0103tre EMI Music, pentru o sum\u0103 de aproximativ un miliard de dolari.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 2006, antreprenorul a fost clasat de The Sunday Times pe locul nou\u0103 \u00een topul celor mai bogate persoane din Regatul Unit, cu o avere de aproape 3,5 miliarde de euro.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen prezent, conglomeratul Virgin Group controleaz\u0103 circa 400 de companii, are peste 70.000 de angaja\u0163i \u015fi venituri anuale de peste 20 de miliarde de euro, iar fondatorul companiei de\u0163ine o avere de 5 miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A traversat oceanul Atlantic \u00eentr-un balon cu aer cald, a s\u0103rit cu o coard\u0103 de bungee-jumping de pe acoperi\u015ful Casino Palms din Las Vegas, pentru a s\u0103rb\u0103tori zborul inaugural al uneia dintre companiile sale aeriene, \u015fi are nenum\u0103rate apari\u0163ii \u00een \u0163inute nonconformiste. Este vorba de controversatul Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, fondatorul Virgin Group, magnatul care a pornit o carier\u0103 de miliarde la doar 16 ani. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[23496,255,16424,19533,6553,272,201,20197,274,47,14951,6569,7870,161,463,13468,564,25899,8871,34944,5248],"class_list":["post-161838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-acoperis","tag-antreprenori","tag-atlantic","tag-balon","tag-cariera","tag-companie","tag-companii","tag-fondator","tag-incepere","tag-lansare","tag-las-vegas","tag-londra","tag-magnat","tag-miliarde","tag-ocean","tag-pornire","tag-sarbatori","tag-saritura","tag-scoala","tag-traversare","tag-zbor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}