Richard Branson

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flights is set to list its shares on the public market in the near future. Two American self-made billionaires, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, are also competing with Branson to make space tourism a reality. Who Will Strike First? Virgin Galactic is a...

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is one step closer to realizing his space-tourism dream as the company is set to list shares on a public exchange. What Happened Branson himself invested most of the more than $1 billion in capital poured into Virgin Galactic since 2004, according to The Wall...

Last week, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk faced scrutiny for his tweets bashing the SEC just days after his securities fraud settlement. Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster weighed in on the erratic CEO’s behavior. What Happened “Elon Musk’s desire to win every battle may...

The odds of running a $1 billion business are slim to none. Unless you’re Elon Musk. Then you run a few. The CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), SpaceX and the Boring Co. is now known to head two firms that are both valued north of $25 billion. With Tesla’s $46-billion market cap and...

Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies have been some of the hottest investments in the world in recent years. This year alone, the Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTC: GBTC) is up more than 476 percent. But while some investors are going all in on cryptocurrency as the future of payments, other...

Imagine meat that comes not from a livestock farm or brutal poultry factory, but is genetically engineered to grow in a laboratory without actually killing animals. It sounds far-fetched, but Cargill Inc (the biggest privately held company in the country) is joining Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:...

Virgin Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Sprint Corp (NYSE: S), will offer iPhones exclusively under a plan in which customers will receive unlimited data for a year for $1 per month. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced the exclusive partnership between Virgin and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)) is still overseeing multi-billion-dollar deals even at the tender age of 86. So, how does he do it? According to CNBC, there are five daily habits he and other highly successful business leaders can't live...

“Money is not bad, money is a sign of energy. Where there is a lot of money, there is a lot of energy. The money for itself is only energy, we trade only energy. The people, what they are doing with that… That’s the important thing.” —Thomas Gütermann. Last...

A recent Wealth-X report estimated that millionaires worth $30 million or more will leave an astounding $3.9 billion in inheritance money over the next decade. However, some of these parents are worried about how this money will impact their children’s lives. So, where is the balance? Well,...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) can be an extremely useful and tradable tool for investors, but only if you follow the right people. Here’s a look at 10 CEOs that have the potential for market-moving tweets. 1. Jack Dorsey - @jack  If you’re looking for CEO’s to follow on...

It looks like billionaire Virgin America Inc (NASDAQ: VA) founder Richard Branson took the “aim for the stars” idiom way too literally. The crazy thing is he seems to have succeeded. On Monday, Branson's Virgin Galactic said it received an operating license from the Federal...

Cool cat and billionaire Sir Richard Branson surprised an audience of entrepreneurs in a convention held in Chicago this week when he recommended parents smoke pot with their kids. “If they're going to have a joint, do it with them,” the 66-year-old father of two said on stage...

Like many other Britons, Virgin Group and Virgin America Inc (NASDAQ: VA) Founder Sir Richard Branson isn't happy about the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union. In an interview with ITV’s Piers Morgan, Branson said the Virgin Group had lost approximately 1/3 of its value...