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.
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Filmography
all 91
self 69
Movies 49
TV Shows 42
Producer 2
Narrator 1
Devo (2024)
Branson (2022)
Send It! (2021)
Don't Look Down (2016)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne (2016)
Mobilize (2014)
Carbon Nation (2011)
Fuel (2008)
Casino Royale (2006)
Tripping Over (2006)
Rabbit Fever (2006)
Superman Returns (2006)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
So What Do You Do All Day? (2003)
Click (2000)
The Filth and the Fury (2000)
Friends (1994)
The Simpsons (1989)
Birds of a Feather (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Electric Dreams (1984)
The Space Movie (1980)
Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979)
Question Time (1979)
Discovery Live: Into The Blue Hole
Venture
Gorilla School
Gallery
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-07-18 (74 years old)
Birth NameRichard Charles Nicholas Branson
Birth PlaceBlackheath, United Kingdom
Religionatheism
Height
SpouseJoan Templeman
ChildrenSam Branson, Holly Branson, Clare Sarah Branson
FatherEdward James Branson
MotherEve Branson
SiblingsVanessa Branson
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesNecker Island, United Kingdom
Also Known AsSir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Sir Richard Branson
AwardsTony Jannus Award, Segrave Trophy, Sergio Vieira de Mello Citizen of the World, Knight Bachelor, Berliner Bär, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Giuseppe Motta Medal
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