Richard Branson
I love Africa, and Ulusaba, our home in South Africa, is pretty special. It's on a rocky hill overlooking the bush, and from your room, you can see lions stalking zebras by the waterhole.
I always love going on a safari drive whenever I visit Ulusaba Private Game Reserve in South Africa. I've been fortunate to see so many incredible animals over the years, and each time, it's completely different. Following Ulusaba's pack of wild dogs is my highlight.
More businesses should be following Apple's stance in encouraging more investment in sustainability.
Entrepreneurs are natural problem-solvers, which means that we always have ideas for new businesses popping into our heads. Having a lot of options is great, but sometimes it can be hard to focus on one when you are keen to move onto the next.
With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.
As a teenager, I went to Bali a lot, but it's a long, long way from England. Which is why, when we bought Necker Island, we made it like a mini Bali.
At Virgin, we have always backed the power of the entrepreneur and inventor to find solutions to tricky problems. Why should climate change and the battle against carbon be any different?
The signing of the Sex Pistols was a turning point for Virgin. It put the company on the map and, over the years, attracted bands such as Genesis, the Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz, and Janet Jackson. It also attracted Culture Club, who were ground-breaking.
I love to dance, but my children tell me I shouldn't. Can't see why.
Can you imagine what a different world we will live in when businesses do what's right for the communities and the environment in everything they do?
We need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.
For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.
Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.
We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone.
We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it.
We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep.
My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.
I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.
Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.
Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested.
Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.
Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.
The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'
I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.
I would be lying if I didn't admit sadness that our wonderful airline is merging with another. Because I'm not American, the U.S. Department of Transportation stipulated I take some of my shares in Virgin America as non-voting shares, reducing my influence over any takeover. So there was sadly nothing I could do to stop it.
As more airlines consolidated and grew larger and more focused on the bottom line, flying in the U.S. became an awful experience. Despite moves to block our airline from flying, Virgin America began service in August 2007 - with the goal of making flying good again.
I'm a bit like the Queen in that I don't carry much cash.
There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn't feel it was safe enough for myself.
We are going to transform Britain's rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you've lived a good life.
When hiring somebody, I never ask to see a curriculum vitae. I feel that since I didn't have one myself, it would be a bit presumptuous to ask to see anyone else's.
Although I've been living in the British Virgin Islands for some time now, I have never stopped caring passionately about the U.K. and its great people.
With Virgin, I've just loved creating things. And as a private company, I can get away with moving Virgin from records to airlines to train companies to space companies to whatever, without ever having to worry about analysts knocking the value of my stock.
I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.Collection: Inspirational
If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.Collection: Leadership
If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!Collection: Motivational
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change.Collection: Change
So I've seen life as one long learning process.Collection: Life
Meet regularly with your business team and brainstorm. Intricate business problems are mostly resolved at brainstorming sessions.Collection: Team
If you take care of your workers they'll take care of your business.Collection: Care
Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.Collection: Hearing
Your employees are your company’s real competitive advantage. They’re the ones making the magic happen-so long as their needs are being met.Collection: Real
Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.Collection: Differences
Lead by listening - to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.Collection: Leader
If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.Collection: Inspirational
Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.Collection: Caring
Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.Collection: Competition
I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.Collection: Believe
Brave people don't live forever, but cautious people don't live at all.Collection: People