On Oct. 11, 2007 this chairman of the Virgin Group rang us up, but he didn't parachute in while on fire or anything
He 
began his daredevil career in 1965, when he formed a troupe ... barnstorming the 
U.S. West and doing everything from driving the ... of Butte on Oct. 17, 1938, 
Knievel was raised by his grandparents.