What is Richard Branson’s net worth?

Sir RichardIt is said that the 69-year-old has a net worth of about 3.8 billion pounds and is a self-made businessman who founded his own company Virgin nearly 50 years ago.

The boss of Virgin was born in Blackheath, London in 1950, and started his first corporate Virgin Records in 1972, which he later sold to EMI Records for 500 million pounds in 1992.

The father of two children started a number of lucrative companies along the way, including Virgin Atlantic in 1984 and Virgin Train in 1993.

He also has a strong interest in space, and in 2004 founded the space travel company Virgin Galactic, hoping to provide future space travel at a price of 153,000 pounds.

Sir Richard also created Virgin Media, Virgin Racing and Virgin Comics.