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Finding my virginity : the new autobiography / Richard Branson.

by Branson, Richard.

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Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2017.

338.04092 B821f

Branson, Richard.

Virgin Group -- Great Britain -- History.

Businessmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Businesspeople -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Entrepreneurship -- Biography.

9780735219427 (hc.)

471 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

Prologue -- 1999 -- What you see is what you get -- Building a business from the back of a beer mat -- Let's get physical -- How to start a train company -- Answering Madiba's call -- "What do you call a Virgin employee with a tie? The defendant" -- The world turned upside down -- The elders -- "They're building a spaceship!" -- An Englishman in America -- The rebel billionaire -- Crossing the Channel -- Steve -- Four-play -- Holly and Sam -- The elders assemble -- Climate change -- Back on track -- Becoming a banker -- Planes and mergers -- Plain sailing -- "Somebody mentioned the word 'hurricane'" -- A lost night in Melbourne -- Shoes -- Revealing character -- Dad -- Like a rolling stone -- Necker -- Weddings -- Start-ups -- Calculated risks -- The accident -- Moving on -- Floating -- Audacious ideas -- Satellites -- Good morning, Vietnam, Good-bye, Madiba -- Brexit -- Traingate -- "We're free!" -- Grand-dude -- Epilogue.

Twenty years after his memoir Losing My Virginity, the world's ultimate entrepreneur is back with the rest of the story. Losing My Virginity shared the tale of how he built Virgin from a student magazine into one of the greatest brands in history. No challenge was too daunting, no opportunity too outlandish to pursue. Now, fifty years after starting his first business, Branson shares the details of a lifetime of triumphs and failures and what he really thinks about his life and career. His never-ending quest to push boundaries, break rules, and seek new frontiers. Branson fearlessly expanded the Virgin brand into new categories such as mobile, media, fitness, and banking. He even started Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline. He takes us behind the scenes of the brains, heart, and sacrifices that have gone into making private spaceflight an imminent reality - even after the biggest crisis Branson has ever faced. But this book is more than a series of business adventures. It's also the story of Branson's evolution from hotshot entrepreneur to passionate philanthropist. And it's the story of his personal quest to become a better son, husband, father, and "grand-dude" to his four grandchildren. The gripping account of a man who will never stop reaching for the stars, in more ways than one.

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