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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson ( born 18 July 1950 ) is an English business magnate , investor and philanthropist . He founded the Virgin Group , which controls more than 400 companies . At the age of sixteen his first business venture was a magazine called Student . In 1972 , he opened a chain of record stores , Virgin Records , later known as Virgin Megastores . For his work in retail , music and transport ( with interests in land , air , sea and space travel ) , his taste for adventure , and for his humanitarian work , he became one of the most prominent figures in British culture .