# Overview
Date of Birth: 07-18-1950
Place of Birth: Blackheath, London, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Grandfather: G. A. H. Branson - an English barrister and High Court judge.[^1]
Father: Edward James Branson
Mother: Eve Branson - "British philanthropist and child welfare advocate."[^2]
Sibling: Vanessa Branson - "Entrepreneur and author."[^3]
Noteworthy: Richard Branson's lineage can be traced back to the year 800 at least.[^4]
Residence: [Necker Island](Necker%20Island.md), British Virgin Islands
His Blog URL: <http://archive.today/t851s>
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## Education
Attended Stowe School, which costs around £39,000 per year.[^5]
Branson also attended Scaitcliffe[^6] school when he was younger.
## Business
# Profile(s)
> Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British business magnate and commercial astronaut. In the 1970s, he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he started the Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label.
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> In 1997, Branson founded the Virgin Rail Group to bid for passenger rail franchises, during the privatization of British Rail. The Virgin Trains brand operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 1997 to 2019, the InterCity CrossCountry franchise from 1997 to 2007, and the InterCity East Coast franchise from 2015 to 2018. In 2004, he founded spaceflight corporation Virgin Galactic, based at Mojave Air and Spaceport in California, noted for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital space plane designed for space tourism.
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> In March 2000, Branson was knighted at Buckingham Palace for "services to entrepreneurship". For his work in retail, music and transport (with interests in land, air, sea and space travel), his taste for adventure and for his humanitarian work, he has become a prominent global figure. In 2007, he was placed in the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World list. In June 2023, [Forbes](Forbes.md) listed Branson's estimated net worth at US$3 billion. On 11 July 2021, Branson travelled as a passenger onboard Virgin Galactic Unity 22 at the edge of space, a suborbital test flight for his spaceflight company Virgin Galactic. The mission lasted approximately one hour, reaching a peak altitude of 53.5 miles (86.1 km). At 70, Branson became the third-oldest person to fly to space.
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## Notable Connections
1. Friends with [Barack Obama](Barack%20Obama.md).
- See: [Richard vs Barack - kiteboard and foilboard challenge](https://archive.is/20210912200350/https://www.virgin.com/branson-family/richard-branson-blog/richard-vs-barack-kiteboard-and-foilboard-challenge#selection-277.0-277.53)
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[^1]: Potential for an index dig/profile. Wikipedia [page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._A._H._Branson).
[^2]: Another potential archive profile. Wikipedia [page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Branson).
[^3]: Wikipedia [page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Branson).
[^4]: Traced it back on [Entitree](https://www.entitree.com/en/family_tree/Q194419?0u1=u&0u0=u&0u1u0=u&0u1u1=u&0u1u0u0=u&0u1u0u0u0=u&0u1u0u0u0u0=u&0u1u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1=u&0u0u0u1u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u0u0=lu&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u0u1=l&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u1u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u1u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u0u1u1u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u1u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u0u0u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u0u0u0=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u0u0u0u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u0u0u1u1=u&0u0u0u1u1u1u0u0u0u0u0u1u0u1u0u0u1u0=u)
[^5]: 'How much Stowe School and other top Buckinghamshire private schools cost' - Published 11-17-2021. [Archived](https://archive.is/4zqNK).
[^6]: Scaitcliffe School - [Overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaitcliffe)