Actually, he's my boyfriend now... But the rest is still true. :)
The name Branson is Irish. Its a variation of Brandon. It means "Bran's son" or "sword" depending on your sources.
Hes known most for owning Virgin Blue (airline) and he also owns all other 'Virgin' companies.
inaugurated Virgin Records in 1973. Among the label's first releases was Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells, which topped the U.S. charts in 1974 and sold more than 13 million copies.
Branson overcame dyslexia as a child and began to show his entrepreneurial talents early.
After selling Student to a larger company in 1970, Branson started a mail-order record company, Virgin Mail. The following year he opened a retail store, which by 1972 had become a chain of 14 shops around the United Kingdom.
To help promote the airline Branson began to raise his media profile by performing promotional stunts and feats of daring.
Richard Branson started a magazine called student. After the 60s he took the money from student and invested in virgin records where he made his first million. Some of the musicians who recorded with virgin records were boy george and phil collins
We are planning a global presence in travel, mobile communications, entertainment retailing and music
No one particularly knows besides Brandson himself but it's got to be under $6,000 as Bill Gates the richest man on this plan mentioned that he earns $100 per every single second, earning him a whopping $6,000 per MINUET.