Rank #1507
Richard Branson
Net worth $2.8B
Virgin · United Kingdom
- Born
- Jul 18, 1950
- Age
- 75
- Source
- Virgin
- Residence
- Necker Island
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Drop Out, High School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Richard Branson owes his fortune to a conglomerate of businesses bearing the "Virgin" brand name, including Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Galactic.
- The son of a barrister and flight attendant, Branson got his start with a mail-order record business some 50 years ago.
- He primarily lives on a luxe British Virgin Islands retreat, Necker Island, which he bought for $180,000 in 1978.
- Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit, which went public in 2021 at a $4 billion valuation, went bankrupt in 2023 and sold its assets.
- His digital bank Virgin Money was sold to Nationwide in 2024 for more than $3.5 billion.
- When he sold Virgin Records for $1 billion in 1992, Branson ran down London's Ladbroke Grove crying, upset over parting with the business.
- Branson suspended talks with Saudi Arabia over a proposed $1 billion investment into Virgin Galactic after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
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