Richard Branson, born on July 18, 1950, struggled with dyslexia and dropped out of high school at 16, eventually founding Virgin Records and becoming a renowned entrepreneur. Despite facing early failures and even a jail sentence for tax evasion, he launched over 400 companies, including Virgin Atlantic Airlines, and developed a unique business model called 'branded venture capital.' Branson aspires to offer space travel experiences, charging $250,000 per trip.

1. Story of a High School fail
student to an owner of
more than 400 different
companies.

2. He suffered from Dyslexia.

3. He left High School at sixteen.

4. His teachers told him he was
incapable of achieving anything.

5. Today he is known as……………

6. English Business Magnet

8. Growing up
Born on July 18, 1950 in England. Richard Branson
struggled in school and dropped out at age 16 – a
decision that ultimately lead to the creation of Virgin
Records.

9. Something about Sir Richard
 Born on July 18,1950 in England.
 1967: Dropped out of school and started a
magazine called Student.
 1969: Branson got idea of selling albums at
reduced rates through mails.
 1972: Launched the record label Virgin
Records.

10. Branson dropped out at the
age of 16 to start a youth-
culture magazine called
Student. He hoped it would
be a forum for politically-
minded youth. He soon was
publishing essays and
interviews from such figures
as Jean- Paul, Alice Walker.
Despite such a roster of great
minds and literary figures, the
magazine never made money
and seemed bound to fail.

11. Virgin had been going strongly but it was
discovered Branson was dodging his tax payments.
He was arrested and jailed.

12.  1973: Branson was arrested and jailed for
dodging from tax payment.
 1977: Singed Sex Pistols , and became the largest
indie label in the world.
 1978-1983: Branson started over fifty different
companies encompassing everything from
filmmaking to air conditioner cleaning.
 1984: Started Virgin Atlantic Airlines, the biggest
challenge.
 1992: Sold the Virgin label to EMI for £500
million.

13. With fuel prices having doubled in the early `90s ,
terrorist attacks making people afraid to fly. Virgin
Atlantic was struggling to stay afloat. Branson was
forced to sell Virgin Records in order to sustain Virgin
Atlantic and pay off his creditors.

14. Promotional strategies
He jumped off from the top of the
building at the launching of his new
headquarter.

15. A 1998 attempt at an around the world
balloon flight by Branson ends in the Pacific
Ocean on 25 December 1998, which
received wide media coverage.

16.  2000: He was knighted by the Prince
of Wales in honor of his services to
entrepreneurship.

17. From this point on, Branson developed a
new approach to business called “branded
venture capital”. Through this method,
Branson licenses the Virgin name and logo
in exchange for a controlling interest in the
venture.
And till now Branson fixed his company’s
name to more than 400 different
companies.

19. His future dream……

20. The Spaceship which will offer people, trips
to Space.

21. Become an astronaut in just 250,000 US$.

22. His Famous Quote…

24. From – yash agarwal 