Richard Branson, Britain's 15th richest man and one of the most prominent businessmen, was voted the country's leading role model among young people. He is full of paradoxes: he is a notorious self-publicist who claims to be fiercely shy, a brilliant motivator of others who wore odd socks on the day of the launch of his airline, and a billionaire who borrows fivers without hesitation from friends and employees. And yet nobody knows what has made Branson so successful: despite his reputation as a financial wizard, he runs a business more conspicuous for its size than its profits. Millions of pounds have been lost on such projects as "Events" listings magazine, the film "Absolute Beginners" and Virgin ventures into pubs, satellite broadcasting, clothes retailing and recording studios. And, despite the publicity reaped from a run-in with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic produces only a modest rate of return. This is a portrait of Branson which draws together the many contradictions of this upper-middle-class Englishman who signed the Sex Pistols and for whom danger is the one sensation he worships without reservation.

Richard Branson Virgin King

Jackson, Tim

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Harpercollins

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Richard Branson, Britain's 15th-richest man and one of its most prominent businessmen, was voted the country's leading role model among young people. He is full of paradoxes: he is a self-publicist who claims to be fiercely shy, a motivator of others who wore odd socks on the day of the launch of his airline, and a billionaire who borrows fivers without hesitation from friends and employees. Despite his reputation as a financial wizard, he runs a business more conspicuous for its size than its profits. Millions of pounds have been lost on such projects as "Events" listings magazine, the film "Absolute Beginners" and Virgin ventures into pubs, satellite broadcasting, clothes retailing and recording studios. And, despite the publicity reaped from a run-in with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic produces only a modest rate of return. This is a portrait of Branson which draws together the contradictions of this upper-middle-class Englishman who signed the Sex Pistols and for whom danger is a sensation he appears to relish.

Virgin King: Inside Richard Branson's Business Empire

Harper-collins Publishers

Virgin King

HarperCollins, Publishers

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The Fashion Handbook (Media Practice)

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Richard Branson Virgin King

Turning Japanese the Fight for Industria

Inside Intel: Andy Grove and the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company

Virgin King: Inside Richard Branson's Business Empire

Virgin King

Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management (Macmillan Master Series, 8)

Material Concerns: Pollution, Profit and Quality of Life

Material Concerns: Pollution, Profit and Quality of Life

The Fashion Handbook (Media Practice)

The Fashion Handbook (Media Practice)