Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

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A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to...

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to...

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is...

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is...

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they...

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they...

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And...

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And...

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being...

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being...

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands...

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands...

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love...

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love...

I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed...

I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed...

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on...

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on...

Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long...

Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long...

And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on...

And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on...

I just love life. I mean, you know, I love every second of it. I...

I just love life. I mean, you know, I love every second of it. I...

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can...

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can...

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and...

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed...

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed...

I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon...

Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in...

Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in...

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal...

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal...