Sir
Richard
Charles
Nicholas
Branson
(
____________________
was
born
in
July
18
,
1950
)
is
an
English
business
man
____________________
has
been
a
magnate
,
investor
and
philanthropist
.
He
founded
the
Virgin
Group
,
____________________
controls
more
than
400
companies
.
Branson
expressed
his
desire
to
become
an
entrepreneur
at
a
young
age
.
His
first
business
venture
,
at
the
age
of
16
,
was
a
magazine
____________________
was
called
Student
.
In
1970
,
he
set
up
a
mail
-
order
record
business
.
He
opened
a
chain
of
record
stores
,
Virgin
Records
____________________
later
was
known
as
Virgin
Megastores
in
1972
.
Branson's
Virgin
brand
grew
rapidly
during
the
1980s
,
as
he
set
up
Virgin
Atlantic
airline
and
expanded
the
Virgin
Records
music
label
.
In
March
2000
,
Branson
was
knighted
at
Buckingham
Palace
for
"
services
to
entrepreneurship
"
,
____________________
was
because
of
his
work
in
retail
,
music
and
transport
(
with
interests
in
land
,
air
,
sea
and
space
travel
)
.
Branson
,
____________________
was
distinguished
for
his
taste
for
adventure
,
and
for
his
humanitarian
work
,
became
a
prominent
figure
.
In
2002
,
he
was
named
in
the
BBC's
poll
of
the
100
Greatest
Britons
.
