How Failed Christmas Tree And Parrot Breeding Businesses Helped Make Richard Branson A Billionaire

How Failed Christmas Tree And Parrot Breeding Businesses Helped Make Richard Branson A Billionaire

Branson made his first investments starting at age 13, gambling his pocket change on two ventures that failed miserably—but taught him priceless lessons.

How failed Christmas tree and parrot breeding businesses helped make Richard Branson a billionaire

Branson made his first investments starting at age 13, gambling his pocket change on two ventures that failed miserably—but taught him priceless lessons. Richard Branson (Virgin) Sir Richard Branson was 19 years old when he and his childhood buddy Nik Powell cofounded what later became the international conglomerate known as Virgin Group. It was 1970, and the two teenagers picked the name “Virgin” for their mail-order record company as a cheeky …