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Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson is best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. His first successful business venture was at age 15, when he launched Student magazine. His next venture was a record mail-order business in 1970. Two years later, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores and rebranded as zavvi in late 2007.

Recent Milestones

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  Richard Branson invested in Hailo. (12/31/12)
  Posted 12/25/12 at 5:04am via techcrunch.com
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  Richard Branson invested in Codecademy. (6/18/12)
  Posted 6/19/12 at 4:29am via techcrunch.com
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  Richard Branson invested in Square. (12/9/11)
  Posted 12/9/11 at 7:58pm via techcrunch.com
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  Richard Branson invested in EMOVE - Innovative Technologies. (9/1/09)
  Posted 2/16/12 at 8:56pm via visao.pt
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  Richard Branson added a position as Founder at Virgin USA. (1/1/68)
  Posted 6/27/08 at 10:45am
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  Richard Branson added a position as Founder of previous brand - Virgin Radio at Absolute Radio.
  Posted 6/1/08 at 10:01pm

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. Uber Rival Hailo Reportedly Set To Close $30M Funding Round As It Expands In The U.S. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Codecademy Plans Global Code-Teaching Expansion With $10M From Branson, Milner, Kleiner, Index, Union Square (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Sir Richard Branson’s Investment In Square Was $3 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. EDP 2020 Richard Branson (aeiou.visao.pt) [edit]