Losing My Virginity
Author(s): Richard Branson
"As I looked at the (balloon) capsule standing in the red sand and relived the harrowing drop toward the Atlas Mountains, I renewed my vow that I would never attempt this again. Likewise, in perfect contradiction to this, at the back of my mind I also knew that as soon as I was home and talked to the other balloonists who were trying to fly around the world, I would agree to have one last go. It's an irresistible challenge.... The two questions I am most often asked are, Why do I risk my neck ballooning? and Where is the Virgin group going? In some ways the sight of the ballooning capsule standing in the middle of the Algerian desert, with its cluster of Virgin names such as Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Cola, Virgin Direct, Virgin Retail plastered over it, summed up these prime questions....I knew that I would attempt another balloon flight because it's one of the few great challenges left.... The wider question of where the Virgin group will end up is impossible to answer....
General Information
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- : 9010000000000065815
- : 9010000000000065815
- : 0.327
- : 19 October 1999
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Richard Branson
- : Paperback
- : 416
- : illustrations
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"Richard is good-looking and very smart, which is sexy to start with. He also makes a billion dollars before breakfast--and still knows how to have fun."
-- Ivana Trump
"Few people in contemporary business are as colorful, shrewd, and irreverent, and probably no one's nearly as much fun to be around. . . . Branson embodies America's cherished mythology of the iconoclastic, swashbuckling entrepreneur."
-- GQ
"Branson wears his fame and money exceedingly well: no necktie, no chauffeur, no snooty clubs. . . . What continues to set Branson apart is the unique -- and, to some, baffling -- nature of his ambition. . . . He isn't interested in power in the usual sense of influencing other people. . . . Boiled down to its singular essence, Richard Branson just wants to have fun."
-- Newsweek
"Branson, a self-described 'adventure capitalist, ' is a business-creation engine who was clearly born in the wrong place. . . . Those business instincts are matched by an ability to motivate people who work for him. And who wouldn't want to -- Branson seems hell-bent on making sure that everybody, but everybody, is having as much fun as he is."
-- Time
"Richard Branson . . . is dressed to the nines: in a $10,000 white silk bridal gown with a traditional veil and train and acres of lace. . . . Branson is expected to do the unexpected, even the bizarre -- anything to publicize his latest venture. . . . The fact is, Branson's widely reported stunts seem almost staid comparedto the unconventional way he manages his burgeoning empire."
-- Forbes ASAP
