Richard Branson

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Richard Branson founded the Virgin Group when he was 16 years old with a magazine called Student. He later established Virgin Records, Virgin Megastores, Virgin Atlantic airline and many other companies. The Virgin Group now has over 400 companies with 50,000 employees generating over $30 billion in annual revenues.

Branson is known for his world record attempts and humanitarian initiatives. His estimated personal net worth is $5 billion.