Richard Branson

Founder of Virgin Group and frequently ranked among the world's wealthiest people, born 18 July 1950 in Blackheath, London, England.
Began his career as a teenager selling records by mail order and would eventually open his first record store (Virgin Records) in Oxford Street, London in the early 1970s.
After making enough money he founded the The Manor.
Branson would go on to sell EMI in 1992 for £500 million.