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"It's all about the branding"

Richard Branson

"Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast."

Managment Style

"Find somebody better than yourself to do the day-to-day running. And then free yourself up to think about the bigger picture."

History

  • 4000 pounds or bust
  • Quick to find new ideas, quicker to shut them down
  • Customer - centric

"Screw it, let's do it."

1968: Richard Branson launches The Student

-magazine advertising hit artists

1970: Virgin is founded as a local record shop

-Oxford Street, London

1972: Virgin opens recording studio in Oxford

-The Manor

Why is Virgin Successful?

Virgin Markets

  • More than 400 companies worldwide
  • £15bn in revenue
  • 2000-2003
  • three new billion dollar companies from scratch
  • Virgin Blue, Virgin Mobile
  • A number of large Virgin businesses do not turn a profit – but from the fees it charges companies for lending them the Virgin name.
  • Dependent on the value of the Virgin brand which is linked to Branson

Mike Oldfield

The Virgin empire

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