Sir Richard Branson
Sir Richard Branson is an English business magnate and founder of the Virgin Group, a conglomerate he established in 1970 that has expanded into sectors including travel, telecommunications, music, and banking. He is best known for building the Virgin brand across more than 400 companies worldwide, founding Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984, and establishing the space tourism company Virgin Galactic in 2004. He was knighted in 1999 for services to entrepreneurship and became an astronaut in 2021 aboard VSS Unity as part of the first fully crewed Virgin Galactic mission.
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