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This is a list of Sir Richard Branson's business ventures from the 1960s to today.

1960s

  • 1966 - After failed attempts to grow and sell both Christmas trees and budgerigars, Branson launches his first successful business, a magazine named Student, the first issue of which appeared in January 1968.[1] Branson's net worth was estimated at £50,000 by 1969.

1970s

1980s

  • 1980 - Virgin Records goes international[citation needed]
  • 1981 - Virgin buys the Kensington Roof Gardens[citation needed]
  • 1983 - Virgin Vision, later to become Virgin Communications, is formed to distribute films and videos in the television and broadcasting sector.[citation needed]
  • 1983 - Virgin Games is launched.
  • 1984 - Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Cargo are launched.[1]
  • 1984 - Virgin Vision (launched the previous year) launches "Music Box", a 24-hour satellite music station.
  • 1985 - Virgin Group now includes record labels, retail outlets, exported music publishing, broadcasting, satellite television, and film and video distribution.
  • 1985 - Branson starts Virgin Holidays
  • 1987 - Branson takes Virgin Records to the United States
  • 1987 - The Virgin Group, along with Granada, Anglia and Pearson, founds BSB (British Satellite Broadcasting) and receives a UK license to broadcast five new TV channels by satellite in the UK.
  • 1987 - Virgin sets up 525, a post production facility in Los Angeles, to work on high-end commercials and pop videos.
  • 1987 - Virgin sets up "Music Box" as an independent producer of music programmes.
  • 1987 - Virgin buys a 45% stake in Mastertronic Group. Later Virgin Mastertronic becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Virgin Group, creating, marketing and distributing computer games software and Sega consoles in several European countries.
  • 1987 - Virgin buys Rushes Postproduction in London.
  • 1987 - Virgin launches Virgin Airship & Balloon Company.
  • 1987 - Richard Branson launched Mates condoms in the UK to promote condoms to young adults
  • 1988 - Virgin re-opens the recently acquired and re-modeled Olympic Studios in Barnes, London.
  • 1988 - Virgin launches Virgin Classics, another Virgin international record label specializing in high-quality classical music.
  • 1988 - Virgin sells some of its smaller UK retail stores and puts more money into Virgin Megastores, opening new stores both in the UK and abroad.
  • 1988 - Virgin sets up Virgin Broadcasting.[citation needed]
  • 1988 - Virgin sells its shareholding in BSB.[citation needed]

1990s

2000

2010s

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Richard Branson". Entrepreneur. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Richard Branson Biography". Bio. Retrieved 14 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Hosking, Patrick (29 April 1993). "Branson takes to the airwaves: Hopes are high as Virgin Radio begins broadcasting". The Independent. London. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Chris Evans takes over at Virgin Radio". BBC News. London. 9 December 1997. Retrieved 24 Sep 2014.
  5. ^ "UKFI confirms completion of Northern Rock sale to Virgin Money" (PDF). UKFI. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ^ Amos, Jonathan (2012-07-11). "Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to launch small satellites". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
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