Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies.
Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student. He then set up an audio record mail-order business in 1970. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores and rebranded after a management buyout as Zavvi in late 2007. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s—as he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label.
Richard Branson is the 261st richest person in the world according to Forbes' 2009 list of billionaires, with an estimated net worth of approximately £1.5 billion (US$2.5 billion).
Love him or loathe him, you've got to admit that Richard Branson has drive. And guts. And enough ambition to sink a battleship--or perhaps that should be a jumbo jet--or even a whole company of jumbos if the Virgin Atlantic/British Airways debacle (which takes up a huge chunk of this already sizable tome) is anything to go by.
Branson's autobiography makes immensely fascinating reading. Whatever you think of Britain's most famous entrepreneur the odds are that you will enjoy reading his autobiography. You may snort at descriptions of his "poor" childhood--spent eating bread and dripping while living in the kind of house house the majority of us visit on Bank Holidays and attending a "minor" public school. You may groan at memories of early initiative tests: how about being thrown out of the family car and told by his mother to find his way home--at the age of four? You may flinch at accounts of his early business days as an unwashed, unshod hippy magazine publisher living en famille with his staff in the crypt of a West London church. But all in all you'll get to understand where the guy's coming from--man.
And like the man himself, there's no holds barred here. Richard bares his soul, from childhood, school days (cheating at exams), loves and losses (lost one wife when a spot of wife-swapping went drastically wrong--for him) and death-defying adventures (yes, the balloons are all there) to the rise and rise of the Virgin empire. His interviews for Student magazine and the early days of Virgin Music read like a chronicle of popular music and culture in the late 20th century. Famous names bounce off every page. Prepare to be enthralled by the life and times of a walking publicity machine.
看里查德布兰森自传的时候,脑海中有偶尔浮现乔布斯的形象,同样都出生于20世纪50年代、辍学、钟爱嬉皮士、亿万富翁。但相较于懂技术、专注于科技领域的乔布斯,里查德布兰森在商业上所获得的成就,更加来源于其“敏锐的商业直觉”、“疯狂的冒险精神”,我觉得这是“纯粹”的...
评分读一本书都有一个角度,读这本书的角度是从布兰森如何起家,并在一个又一个行业如何创造奇迹(唱片、航空、铁路等),组成强大的维珍集团的。 我们从如下几个问题进行入手: 布兰森是如何开始创建《学子》杂志的? 从《学子》杂志是怎么转到邮购唱片生意的? 从邮购唱片又是如...
评分看里查德布兰森自传的时候,脑海中有偶尔浮现乔布斯的形象,同样都出生于20世纪50年代、辍学、钟爱嬉皮士、亿万富翁。但相较于懂技术、专注于科技领域的乔布斯,里查德布兰森在商业上所获得的成就,更加来源于其“敏锐的商业直觉”、“疯狂的冒险精神”,我觉得这是“纯粹”的...
评分像个流水账,以时间顺序描述了自己的前半生,间或穿插当时的想法感受.自传或多或少都会修饰,或者选择性的发布,Richard应该也不能免俗,但这些都难以掩盖他的光辉事迹. I really wish I can live like this man, to do what's in mind, to fight for what I believes.
评分理查德布兰森之所以牛逼,大概是因为: 1. 有双好爸妈,给孩子足够的自由,让他去做自己想要的事情,支持帮助他做自己想做的事情。 2. 从小就不守常规,做些破格的事情,长大后也保持着冒险精神,愿意多方尝试。他在书里引用了这样一句王尔德的话:比臭名昭著更糟的是默默无闻...
One of the coolest guys in the world.
评分One of the coolest guys in the world.
评分One of the coolest guys in the world.
评分One of the coolest guys in the world.
评分One of the coolest guys in the world.
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