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Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman.
Having started Virgin as a mail order record retailer in 1970, Richard founded Virgin Records. After the first Virgin artist, Mike Oldfield, released ‘Tubular Bells’, Virgin Records went on to sign household names from the Sex Pistols to The Rolling Stones. There are now more than 40 Virgin companies worldwide in over 35 countries.
Nov 30, 2018 · Published November 30, 2018; Updated July 9, 2019. Richard Branson has grown the Virgin Company from an upstart record label to one of the world’s most well-known brands. Here’s the history...
Apr 24, 2024 · Richard Branson (born July 18, 1950, Shamley Green, Surrey, England) is a British entrepreneur and adventurer, head of Virgin Group Ltd., known for his publicity stunts and also for setting records in powerboat racing and hot-air ballooning.
Feb 6, 2017 · When Richard Branson sold Virgin Records for a billion dollars in 1992, he wept. And not tears of joy. After telling his staff that he had sold the company, Branson went back home to his...
Mar 25, 2021 · 25 March 2021 - 1:10 PM. Sir Richard Branson celebrates 50 years of Virgin. The ultimate entrepreneur turned 70 in the middle of a pandemic, with the grounded Virgin Australia fleet sold. Don’t expect that to slow him down, though. Sir Richard Branson turned 70 right in the middle of 2020, the most tumultuous year in a lifetime.
Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman.
