Branson Born: Future Virgin Empire Builder Arrives
Richard Branson built the Virgin brand from a student magazine into a conglomerate spanning airlines, music, telecommunications, and space tourism. His willingness to challenge entrenched monopolies, from British Airways to established mobile carriers, redefined the modern entrepreneur as a celebrity disruptor. Virgin Galactic's successful suborbital flights made him one of the first private citizens to reach space aboard his own vehicle.
July 18, 1950
76 years ago
What Else Happened on July 18
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