Richard Branson

'Getting to know these entrepreneurs, executives, and industry leaders, I’ve had a chance to learn about what sets them apart,' personal finance expert Jaime Catmull said. 'They don’t sit around waiting for anything, certainly not luck, because they make their own.'

It’s also Blue Origin’s 11th sub-orbital flight with humans on board. The firm has been offering such trips as part of its space tourism efforts.

'Where do you find inspiration in your career?' Richard Branson began his post. 'I'll never forget when Sergey Brin told me that Shakespeare had no small part to play in the founding of one of the world's biggest companies.'

Richard Branson said nobody should view their net worth as an ultimate measure of success. The co-founder of Virgin Group added that it's 'very sad' when making money is the sole focus of a person’s life.

Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier on the successful completion of Galactic 01 mission said the first commercial spaceflight marks the beginning of a new era of consistent chances for private passengers and researchers to reach space.

Richard Branson's company also announced its plans to send commercial spaceflights as part of its regular operations after the second commercial spaceflight, named 'Galactic 02' which is scheduled to take place in early August 2023.

Billionaire Richard Branson, a well known opponent of the death penalty, had said the verdict against Tangaraju Suppiah did not meet standards for criminal conviction as he was not near the drugs when he was arrested.

Chief Executive Dan Hart told staff in a meeting that the furlough was intended to buy Virgin Orbit time to finalize a new investment plan to help pull the company out of its financial woes, according to the source, who attended the meeting.

Richard Branson is the owner of the Virgin Group that has presence in travel, leisure telecommunications, health, and banking sectors. He is worth $3.7 billion.

British Billionaire Richard Branson visited Ukraine on June 29. He described his experience of the war-torn country as "humbling and emotional".

Billionaires Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Yusaku Maezawa have zoomed off on supersonic joyrides in recent times. While Elon Musk would like us all to shift to Mars by 2026.

Yusaku Maezawa and his production assistant will blast off from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome. Fellow billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson all made breakthrough commercial tourism flights this year.

Keisha Schahaff, 44, said she wanted to cross the final frontier in Virgin Galactic space flight with her 17-year-old, a science student living in Britain who dreams of one day working for NASA.

The space-tourism company said Thursday it is making progress toward beginning revenue flights next year. It will sell single seats, package deals and entire flights.

"At some point, I'm going to space," Kutcher was quoted as saying.

Blue Origin, owned by rival billionaire Jeff Bezos, argues it’s the latter because the bearded tycoon last weekend did not cross the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of proper space.

Former Gov. Bill Richardson is among those who have been watching the progress of the space tourism company, ever since he and his team recruited the British billionaire to New Mexico. The two shook hands on a promise — Branson would build the world's first commercial spaceline for tourists, and New Mexico would build the spaceport.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has claimed that unlike, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic 'Unity' spacecraft, its ‘New Shepard’ is designed to fly above the Kármán line that 'defines space'.

Fresh from the experience, Richard Branson took to Twitter to share his thoughts and called the experience "more magical than I ever imagined"

Richard Branson is back on Earth after becoming the first person to blast off in his own spaceship. Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 53 miles over the New Mexico desert.