Richard Branson Age, Height, Parents, Wife, Children

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate who founded The Virgin Group in the 1970s, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields.

Branson set out to become an entrepreneur at a very young age.

• At age 16, he set up his first business venture, a magazine called Student.
• In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business and opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972.

Branson’s Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he started Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label.

• In 1997, Branson founded the Virgin Rail Group to bid for passenger rail franchises during the privatisation of British Rail.
• The Virgin Trains brand operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 1997 to 2019, the InterCity CrossCountry franchise from 1997 to 2007, and the InterCity East Coast franchise from 2015 to 2018.

Richard Branson age

Branson is 72 years. He was born on 18th July 1950.

Richard Branson height

Branson is of average height. He is 1.79m tall.

Richard Branson parents

Branson’s parents are Eve Branson (born Evette Huntley Flindt; 1924–2021), a former ballet dancer and air hostess, and Edward James Branson (1918–2011), a barrister.

Richard Branson wife

Branson is married to Joan Templeman.

Richard Branson children

Branson and Tenmpleman have two children; a daughter Holly Branson (b. 1981) and a son Sam Branson (b. 1985).

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Branson revealed that he and Joan also had a daughter named Clare Sarah, who died when she was four days old in 1979.