Company · Music · founded 1972
Virgin Records
British record label founded in 1972 by Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell and Tom Newman. Branson sold it to Thorn EMI in June 1992; it is now owned by Universal Music Group.
Of the 1 person here linked to Virgin Records, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
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1 person at Virgin Records
Founder Past
Role
Co-founder (with Simon Draper, Nik Powell and Tom Newman); sold the label to Thorn EMI, 1972–1992
Source
· high confidence. Sold by Branson to Thorn EMI in June 1992 for a reported US$1 billion.
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Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group
upper-middle-class · elite · no college