As a child, he suffered from Dyslexia ( reading disorder ), due to which he had to drop out of school at 16. Upon which his Headmaster said : " I predict you will either go to prison or become a millionaire ".
So, he started his own magazine which targeted students, as he never liked the way students were being taught at school.
Unfortunately, the magazine did not run as he had hoped and he seemed doomed for failure.
He than started a record mail order business and named it Virgin Records.
Soon, it became the world's largest independent Record Label.
It was only after he missed his flight, that he came up with the biggest challenge of his life " Virgin Atlantic Airlines ".
His colleagues thought, that it was crazy to compete against British Airways. But he beat them in their own game by making his Airline affordable and responsive towards the customers.
Today, Richard Branson controls more than 400 companies and he has a net worth of more than 5 billion.
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