Posts with tag "richard branson"

Richard Branson Wants to Help Everyone Be Like Him!

Posted Feb 1st 2011 at 06:30 PM by PopEater Staff

Billionaire dare-devil Richard Branson is hosting a summit of entrepreneurs in South Africa this week to mentor and listen to proposals from a group of budding entrepreneurs in developing countries. He has also teamed up with Tonic.com to raise $50,000 to provide capital for these mini-Bransons in training. The main event of the trip is a fashion show launching the 2011 winter collection from ...

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Forbes Richest Celebrities List Includes Familiar Names

Posted Mar 11th 2010 at 05:18 PM by Sam Brand

The world has a new richest man, according to Forbes. But chances are you wouldn't know if Carlos Slim, valued at $53.5 billion, stepped into the room. He doesn't have his own television show, fashion line or personal sneaker. He does have a stranglehold on Mexico's telecommunications industry. For that, we give him a sarcastic "hooray!" After the jump are the billionaires you do know. They're not ...

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Sir Richard Branson, Mom Headed for Outer Space?

Posted Oct 28th 2009 at 09:50 AM by Bryan Alexander

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson even injures himself like a billionaire from a 'Batman' movie. The dashing Brit was sporting a blue sling over his black-tie outfit while hosting The Rock the Kasbah event benefiting Virgin Unite and the Eve Branson Foundation. "I was pretending to be a teenager and I was on a quad bike going over the Pyrenees mountains and, well, I tipped it over," Branson tells ...