Sir Richard Branson pays tribute to late wife Joan Templeman on 81st birthday The entrepreneur has marked the 81st birthday of his late wife just months after her passing. Evening Standard · Jul 6
Life lesson of the day by Richard Branson: 'You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by...' - inspiring quote and advice by Virgin Group's founder on why successful people aren't afraid to fail and how mistakes and experiences lead to growth Life lesson of the day by Richard Branson: Richard Branson emphasizes that true learning, like walking, comes from doing and experiencing, not just following rules. He encourages embracing mistakes as necessary steps for growth and improvement, rather than fearing them. The Economic Times · Jun 18
Virgin Records' Sir Richard Branson reveals surprising way he signed Janet Jackson Sir Richard Branson pulled out all the stops to sign Janet Jackson to Virgin Records in 1991. BANG Premier · May 20
The Balloonists review – divas and disasters in tale of first round-the-world hot-air balloon flight Polite documentary about Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, who faced off much wealthier rivals Richard Branson and Steve Fossett in the race to circumnavigate the globe The Guardian - UK · May 20
Sir Richard Branson's wife Joan's cause of death revealed at inquest Lady Joan Sarah Drummond Branson, 80, died from a blood clot from complications following a fall-induced back injury two weeks earlier, the inquest heard Evening Standard · May 6
63 Celebrity Photos That Fans Took That Might Change The Way You See Them In a news cycle filled with constant celebrity scandals, stories of famous people being genuinely kind to their fans can feel like a breath of fresh air. We’ve gathered a collection of wholesome encounters shared online that suggest meeting your heroes can sometimes be everything you hope for. From Keanu… Bored Panda · May 6
“Our music was so simple: we’d all laugh when Adrian Wright moved just one finger on the synthesizer and it sounded great”: Replicate the sonic magic of the Human League’s defining synth-pop anthem The first UK No. 1 to use a drum machine plays host to one of the most recognisable synth parts ever. We re-create its opening 5th riff in all its 80s glory MusicRadar · Apr 27
Billionaire NASA chief who's been to space twice says critics of billionaire space travel are 'outright wrong.' Jared Isaacman spoke out as Artemis II became the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. Fortune · Apr 7
Steve Jobs didn’t actually become a billionaire thanks to leading Apple—but rather from his work with this film company As Apple turns 50 years old, it wasn't the tech giant that made Steve Jobs a billionaire—but rather his $10 million bet on Pixar, long before the introduction of the iPhone. Fortune · Apr 1
Virgin Galactic reopens sales for spaceflight tourism priced at $750,000 a seat After a nearly two-year hiatus, Richard Branson’s space company is finally taking bookings again — putting it ahead of Jeff Bezos’s rival space company Blue Origin The Independent UK · Mar 31
Just like Gen Z, a young Mark Zuckerberg ‘had no concept of small talk’ and would ‘just stare at you,’ the VC behind Airbnb and Reddit says “I didn't realize how important small talk was until I met the lack of it,” Y Combinator’s Paul Graham said about his first meeting with Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg. Fortune · Mar 23
Unlikely band of political and academic leaders sign ‘pro-human’ AI declaration Richard Branson joins MAGA figures and Nobel-Prize winners in calling for artificial intelligence to ‘serve humanity’ The Independent UK · Mar 5
Amazon Ring's founder is back with a hard pivot to AI. How Jamie Siminoff went from 'Shark Tank' reject to $1 billion brand Ring’s founder wants to get the company back to his original vision. Fortune · Feb 25
The 5am myth: why waking early won’t make you more successful At 5am, social media fills with proof that the early risers have already won the day. Cold plunges. Journals. Sunrise runs. Productivity gurus insist this is the routine that separates high performers from everyone else, reinforced by high-profile early risers such as Apple CEO Tim Cook, entrepreneur Richard Branson and… The Conversation · Feb 25
The Independent UK · Feb 14 How Epstein leveraged the Nobel Peace Prize to connect with the world’s most powerful The ex-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee appears hundreds of times in the files
The Mary Sue · Feb 9 10 Creepy Epstein Bombshells About Trump and His Billionaire Buddies That’ll Make Your Skin Crawl The Department of Justice has dumped more than 3 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein files into the public domain, and if you thought the rich and the powerful couldn’t possibly get any creepier, we’ve got around 3 million reasons to tell you to sit down.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7 Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
Evening Standard · Feb 6 Sarah Ferguson has no plans to ‘hide away’, friends reveal after latest Epstein email disclosures Sir Richard Branson denies reports ex-Duchess of York is lying low on his Caribbean island
The Guardian - UK · Feb 3 Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
GOBankingRates · Feb 3 5 Winter Destinations Billionaires Love — and Your Cost To Visit From St. Moritz to the Maldives, see where billionaires vacation in winter and what it costs travelers to experience these luxury escapes worldwide now.
The Guardian - US · Feb 2 Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files: 10 key takeaways so far Lawyers discussed possibility of Epstein’s cooperation with prosecutors – and more names surfaced in new documents
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31 Keir Starmer calls on Andrew to testify in US over Jeffrey Epstein links Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles last year, features heavily in the latest tranche of the Epstein files
The Guardian - US · Jan 31 Jeffrey Epstein files: don’t be fooled. Millions of files are still unreleased Federal prosecutors had identified 6 million files that were ‘potentially responsive’ to the law, but only released 3.5. Why?
The Independent UK · Jan 31 Richard Branson distances himself from ‘abhorrent’ Epstein after their emails appear in new DOJ document dump In a 2013 exchange, Branson asked Epstein to bring his ‘harem’ to their next get-together
Fortune · Jan 29 Inspired by Steve Jobs, the owner of NYSE says some successful leaders don’t invent—they just have ‘good taste’ and surround themselves with smart people The founder and CEO of $98 billion Intercontinental Exchange, Jeffrey Sprecher, says he achieved success through the innovations of others: It’s “much easier to buy somebody else’s hard work and the sacrifice that many others made” than start from scratch.