Richard Branson Net Worth

Richard Branson Net Worth: $ 5.1 Billion

Sir Richard Branson is an entrepreneur, investor and promoter. He is the founder of Virgin Group Ltd. in 1970, which panels are more than 400 corporations.

Know net worth of Richard Branson 2017

Branson has an estimated net worth of $ 5.1 billion as of November 2017. The Value of his property in Necker Island, the British Virgin Islands is worth $ 180,000. In 2011, Richard Investment at Square along with 1 participant was $ 3 million. Charles Nicholas Branson Investment at MySocialCloud.com along with 3 participants, Investment at Codecademy along with 6 participants, and Investment at Hailo along with 9 participants were $ 1million, $ 10 million, and $ 30.6 million respectively. In 2013, he sold Virgin Media to Liberty Global which was worth of whopping $ 23.3 billion. In 2014, Sir Richard Investment at Expo along with 16 participants and Investment at Blaze, a bicycle innovations company, along with 2 participants was $ 50 million and $ 500,000.

Richard Branson's Career

During the music-drug division in the early 70s in the UK, Branson set up a minor soundtrack studio in Oxfordshire, England in 1972. The first illustrator on the Virgin Records sticker was Mike Oldfield, who chronicled the track, ‘Tubular Bells’. In 1984, he prolonged his commercial and started his own collection of airlines, ‘Virgin Atlantic’ and a sequence of Virgin Megastores subsequently. It was not that he always discerned achievement and his trades faced liquidness problems as well. The Virgin Group had monetary glitches in 1992 and was lastly vended to THORN EMI for $1 billion. He was overwhelmed but sustained to break in the music business. He was a magistrate for the realism show, ‘The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best’ in 2004, where 14 competitors were verified for their business aptitudes. The same year, he also made a cameo arrival in ‘Around the World in 80 Days’. In 2010, he developed the supporter of the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race, which had over 16 balloons hovering athwart Europe.

Early life of Branson

Branson was born in Blackheath, London, England on 18 July 1950. He deliberates at Scaitcliffe School and then joined Stowe School, until the age of 16. He was scholastically deprived but was able to attach to others around him. Finally, he released out of school, understanding it was not where he desired to be. At the age of 16, he ongoing his record commercial from the vault of a church and promoted the well-known records in ‘The Student’, a magazine. The periodical converted an instantaneous success.

Branson's Personal life

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson wedded Kristen Tomassi and the couple divorced in 1979. He again married to Joan Templeman in 1989 on Necker Island. He has two children. He ropes many humanitarian causes and in May 2008, he toured to the Massai Mara to expose a new school. He has also offered to fund charity crusaders and has even donated to the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

Branson has his 3 personal Islands named as Makepeace Island, Mosquito Island and Necker Island. Branson has a yacht called Lady Barbaretta. Branson has two private jets namely Falcon 900EX and VSS Enterprise. He has 1 submarine named as Necker Nymph. Richard Charles has 3 classic cars namely Humber Super Snipe, Saab 9-5 BioPower, and 1968 Morris Mini-Minor.