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Richard Branson on The David Rubenstein Show

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Jul.25 -- Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is an English business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He discusses dropping out of school at the age of 15, his inspiration for building an airline, the future of Virgin Galactic, philanthropy and Brexit in an interview with David Rubenstein in the latest episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations," taped May 31.

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We got the headlines, they didn't.", 'start': 496.039, 'duration': 3.921}, {'end': 504.621, 'text': 'So it turned out pretty well and then you began building other companies.', 'start': 500.78, 'duration': 3.841}, {'end': 508.422, 'text': 'Did you always think that the name Virgin and your creativity could get them off the ground?', 'start': 504.641, 'duration': 3.781}, {'end': 519.655, 'text': 'Again, the only reason we would go into a new sector is if we felt it was being badly run by other people.', 'start': 512.071, 'duration': 7.584}], 'summary': "Virgin's success built on seizing opportunities in poorly run sectors.", 'duration': 28.078, 'max_score': 491.577, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/lFchP5bLzM0/pics/lFchP5bLzM0491577.jpg'}, {'end': 588.497, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 539.688, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 544.273, 'text': 'And so we took over the busiest line in Britain, the West Coast main line.', 'start': 539.688, 'duration': 4.585}, {'end': 553.764, 'text': "And we've gone from 8 million passengers to nearly 40 million passengers and I think transformed the experience for people.", 'start': 544.974, 'duration': 8.79}, {'end': 558.65, 'text': "And in every new sector that we've gone into,", 'start': 555.006, 'duration': 3.644}, {'end': 568.978, 'text': "we've seen a gaping gap in the market where the big guys have not been doing it very well and where we can come in and shake up an industry.", 'start': 558.65, 'duration': 10.328}, {'end': 576.425, 'text': "So how many companies have you started with the name Virgin? Is it a few hundred by now? It's in excess of 300.", 'start': 568.998, 'duration': 7.427}, {'end': 578.487, 'text': "300, and everyone presumably hasn't worked.", 'start': 576.425, 'duration': 2.062}, {'end': 580.068, 'text': "A couple just couldn't have worked.", 'start': 578.527, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 585.855, 'text': "So when you start them and they don't work, you just end them after a year or so? 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The one that drops will then fire its rocket and you'll go at about nought to 10 seconds.", 'start': 726.312, 'duration': 8.621}, {'end': 739.517, 'text': "You'll be traveling at 3, 000 miles an hour into space.", 'start': 734.993, 'duration': 4.524}, {'end': 747.746, 'text': "And how long would you be in space under the ride that you're talking about? So the whole experience would be something like three hours.", 'start': 739.958, 'duration': 7.788}, {'end': 751.869, 'text': "So will you be on the first flight? 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