Sir Richard Branson, 75, was born in Blackheath, London. The thrill-seeking business magnate found fame in the 1970s when he turned a mail-order record business into the record store and music label ...

Sir Richard Branson has never sat on an idea. A frenetic 40-year career in the public eye has seen him launch Virgin Group, with its 400 companies, while juggling time between world record attempts, ...

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With recent investments in Tumblr and Square, serial entrepreneur and fun-to-watch billionaire Sir Richard Branson is galloping into the American startup world on a snarling steed. We say "snarling" ...

British entrepreneur Richard Branson vowed Thursday to "shake up" cross-Channel train services after regulators approved a ...

Richard Branson says the biggest reason he's a billionaire today is because he trusts his instincts — and he's not discouraged when people tell him a new venture is "crazy" or doomed to fail. Instead, ...

Virgin Galactic spaceship launched Sunday morning in New Mexico. Mission accomplished. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson flew to the lower edge of space and back to planet Earth on Sunday in the first ...

Virgin Trains inched closer to the ability to run rail service through Europe's English Channel after a government regulator signed-off on Virgin's application.