Real name: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson

Richard Branson (18 July 1950 - )
Founder of Virgin Group and frequently ranked among the world's wealthiest people.

Began his career as a teenager selling records by mail order and would eventually open his first record store (Virgin Records) in Oxford Street, London in the early 1970s.
After making enough money he founded the Virgin record label in 1972 with Nik Powell and purchased The Manor.
Branson would go on to sell Virgin Records to EMI in 1992 for £500 million.