理查德·布兰森

    职务：维珍集团创始人兼董事长

    职业起点：热门单曲制作人

    布兰森年仅16岁就创办了一家杂志，不过他真正开始创业是在22岁，那年他创办了一家录音工作室，并推出了歌手麦克·欧菲尔德。他们推出的单曲《管钟》一炮成名，在英国金曲排行榜停留了将近5年时间。布兰森对《商业内幕》杂志表示：“我们随后创办了一家唱片公司，一步步走到了今天。”

    Richard Branson

    Position: Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group

    Unusual Start: Hit record producer

    Branson started a magazine when he was only 16, but really set off his career as an entrepreneur at 22 when he opened a recording studio and brought in singer Mike Oldfield. The result was a single called "Tubular Bells," which stayed on the U.K. charts for close to five years. "On the back of that, we built a record company, and one thing led to another," he told BusinessInsider.