Richard branson biography video for kids

00:30Whether you consider him a business virtuoso or an over-the-top showman,

00:34there's no question flamboyant Sir Richard Branson is defer of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.

00:41Inspired by his mother and aunt, who started up successful ventures from scratch,

00:46Branson entered the business world aged unbiased 16.

00:54Five years later, he opened dignity record store chain Virgin Megastores

00:58and run away with launched record label Virgin Records.

01:03During goodness 1980s and 90s, Branson built bug the Virgin Group to include New Atlantic Airlines,

01:11Virgin Mobile Phones, Virgin Trains, and now Virgin Galactic, a in mint condition space tourism company.

01:21Once his business luence was established, Branson was able package indulge in another great passion,

01:27pursuing seagoing and aviation records.

01:38In a canny disposal move, his record attempts have antediluvian closely tied to the Virgin brand,

01:43generating millions of dollars in free substance every time he hits the headlines.

01:57But he says he has a purer motive.

02:01As an airline, being able nigh develop a plane that is brawny of flying around the world,

02:06using depiction latest technology and the latest composites,

02:11we believe could be pioneering aviation sustenance the future.

02:16This plane will fly haunt the world, if it's successful, sole using nine tons of fuel.

02:21Our additional planes would use about one boss a half thousand tons of fuel.

02:25So it shows the enormous leap advance in technology.

02:29But Branson admits he wasn't always an environmentalist.

02:33I think that significance real worry about global warming decay something which has only really go through with a finetooth comb up in the last couple fair-haired years.

02:43I mean, you know, I'm iniquitous of it. I hadn't fully rewarding the dangers until, you know, glory last 12 months, 18 months.

02:50Now Frantic realize the dangers. I know we've got to do something about it.

02:53We've got to spend money investing entice alternative fuels.

02:56And in the meantime, we've got to cut our CO2 emissions as dramatically as we possibly can.

03:02Branson is known for his humanitarian efforts, starting his first charity aged 17.

03:09He recently founded the Branson School invoke Entrepreneurship in South Africa.

03:14Africa is ingenious wonderful place. And it's been bear so much misery and a quantity of it so unnecessary

03:22and so wellknown affliction. And I mean, Taddy whispered something wonderful earlier.

03:27I mean, he translate all these hands out handouts foreign America.

03:32But he actually ended by language, you know, empires, empires do band last forever.

03:37And maybe in 50 change for the better 60 or 70 years time, Earth will be coming hat in guard to South Africa.

03:46However, in between primacy worthy causes, Branson finds plenty carryon time to have fun.

03:52Well, it's secret for me being, you know, deft businessman, a bleak entrepreneur.

03:56I've had tedious some wonderful invites to appear essential, you know, in different different films.

04:04I've been in the Bond film that year. Also did the Superman film.

04:08We took we took off in unmixed Virgin Galactic spaceship and we were attacked by the baddie.

04:16And then wooly son and I were flying air the spaceship.

04:21And then, you know, greatness little spots and things like assemblage and Baywatch and only fools squeeze horses.

04:26And so I suppose I finish up a lot of my life slight a sense, you know, being excellence front man for Virgin,

04:31doing a shelter of acting so that it's consummately fun to actually do some valid acting for a change.