Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson, KBE (born 18 July 1950), a famed British entrepreneur, is best known for his widely successful Virgin brand, a banner that encompasses a variety of business organizations.

Honours

In 1993 Richard Branson received the honorary degree of Doctor of Technology from Loughborough University.

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1993 - Honorary degree - Loughborough University

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He became Sir Richard Branson when he was knighted by the Queen in 1999 for his business prowess and exuberance for the spirit of the United Kingdom.

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Queen - 1999 - United Kingdom

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He has guest starred, playing himself, on several television shows, including Friends, Baywatch, Birds of a Feather and Only Fools and Horses. He also was the star of a reality television show on Fox called The Rebel Billionaire where sixteen contestants were tested for their entrepreneurship and their sense of adventure.

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Friends - Baywatch - Birds of a Feather - Only Fools and Horses - Reality television - Fox - The Rebel Billionaire

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Sir Richard appears at No. 85 on the 2002 List of "100 Greatest Britons" (sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the public). Branson's high public profile often leaves him open as a figure of satire - the 2000 AD series Zenith featured a parody of Branson as a supervillain as at the time the comic's publisher and favoured distributor and the Virgin group were in competition. He is also caricatured in The Simpsons episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love" as the tycoon Arthur Fortune.

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2002 - 100 Greatest Britons - BBC - 2000 AD - Zenith - Supervillain - The Simpsons

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