2006-10-22 05:50:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
'The story of how Branson became a billionaire begins as a tale of teenage entrepreneurship. It starts with Student, a magazine Branson set up while a 15-year-old pupil at Stowe school. He left to run it from a friend's basement in Connaught Square.'
CV
Born: 18 July 1950
Career highlights:
1968 Launches first issue of Student magazine
1970 Starts Virgin mail order operation
1971 Opens first Virgin record shop on Oxford Street
1972 Opens first Virgin recording studio
1973 Launches Virgin music label
1977 Virgin Records signs the Sex Pistols
1984 Virgin Atlantic Airways is born
1992 Virgin records is sold to Thorn EMI for US$960 million
1993 Virgin Radio hits the airwaves
1994 Launches Virgin Vodka and Virgin Cola
1996 V2 Music, Virgin.Net and Virgin Trains are launched
1997 Virgin Radio is sold to Ginger Media Group for £85 million
1999 Launches Virgin Mobile
2000 V.shop, Virgin Cars, Virgin Wines and Virgin Travelstore all launch
2001 Virgin Money brand created
2002 Virgin Money introduces the Virgin credit card. Virgin Mobile expands into the USA
2005 Virgin Atlantic opens new routes to Australia and the Far East
2006-10-22 06:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Crusty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He started a Student Advisory Centre at 17, aiming to help young people. At twenty years old, he founded Virgin as a mail order record retailer and a short while later, he opened a record shop in Oxford Street, London. In 1972, a recording studio was built in Oxfordshire where the first Virgin artist, Mike Oldfield, recorded "Tubular Bells", later released in 1973.
The first album of Virgin Records went on to sell more than five million copies. At the age of 27, Richard signed The Sex Pistols to the Virgin Records label after the group was turned down by every label in Great Britain.
2006-10-22 05:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do know he started his empire from his bedroom selling records. Me and Richard share the same birthday 18th July. :D
2006-10-22 05:54:12 · answer #3 · answered by lollipoppett2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FIRST JOB: Setting up student magazine at school.
2006-10-22 05:57:36 · answer #4 · answered by uknative 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Setting up student magazine at school.
2006-10-22 05:55:30 · answer #5 · answered by jhendrixwatchtower 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
his 1st job was setting a student magazin and from there there was no looking back he followed his own dreams like me,good guy
2006-10-22 06:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by mariolla oneill 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creating queues outside telephone boxes while conducting his business.
2006-10-22 06:10:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard he worked in a record store in his younger days.
2006-10-22 05:55:48 · answer #8 · answered by vic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he's ever had a job, as such. He's always worked for himself
2006-10-22 05:54:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
damn as soon as i saw the question i was gonna put rent boy but someone already got there
2006-10-22 06:05:16 · answer #10 · answered by squirrel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋