Book
Finding my virginity : the new autobiography / Richard Branson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735219427 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 471 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Branson, Richard. Virgin Group > History. Businessmen > Great Britain > Biography. Aeronautics, Commercial > Great Britain > History. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 338.04092 Brans | 31681010072841 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The global business icon, in a sequel to his best-selling 1998 memoirLosing My Virginity , brings his life story up to date, including all the successes and failures of ventures such as Virgin Galactic, and also shares his personal, intimate thoughts on 50 years as a world entrepreneur and his shift to focusing more and more on public service. - Baker & Taylor
The entrepreneur and global business icon describes his life, his successful and unsuccessful ventures, and his shift to public service and philanthropy. - Penguin Putnam
Twenty years after his iconic memoir Losing My Virginity, the worldâs ultimate entrepreneur is back with the rest of the story.
Richard Bransonâs Losing My Virginity shared the outrageous tale of how he built Virgin from a student magazine into one of the greatest brands in history. No challenge was too daunting, no opportunity too outlandish to pursue. And each new adventure started with five simple words: âScrew it, letâs do it.â
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Now, fifty years after starting his first business, Branson shares the candid details of a lifetime of triumphs and failures and what he really thinks about his unique life and career. Finding My Virginity is an intimate look at his never-ending quest to push boundaries, break rules, and seek new frontiersâeven after launching a dozen billion-dollar businesses and hundreds of other companies.
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As he led Virgin into the new millennium, Branson fearlessly expanded the brand into new categories such as mobile, media, fitness, and banking and into every corner of the globeâall while preserving its iconoclastic, scrappy spirit. He even brought Virgin into space with Virgin Galactic, the worldâs first commercial spaceline. Finding My Virginity takes us behind the scenes of the incredible brains, heart, and sacrifices that have gone into making private spaceflight an imminent realityâeven after the biggest crisis Branson has ever faced.
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But this book is much more than a series of business adventures. Itâs also the story of Bransonâs evolution from hotshot entrepreneur to passionate philanthropist and public servant, via Virgin Uniteâs environmental and health initiatives and through the Elders, a council of influential global leaders. And itâs the story of his personal quest to become a better son, husband, father, and âgrand-dudeâ to his four grandchildren.
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Featuring a supporting cast that includes everyone from Bill Gates to Kate Moss, Nelson Mandela to Barack Obama, this is the gripping account of a man who will never stop reaching for the stars, in more ways than one. Find out how Branson did it for the first timeâall over again.
