Richard Pevear

the environment in which it operates? The Virgin Group Ltd is a group of separately run British companies with the Virgin brand under the leadership of English celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle, among others. Richard Branson’s strategy comes from his deepest inner beliefs; “in principle there were no product or service boundries limiting a brand name, provided it was associated with quality products/services

Introduction The company I’m going to investigate is Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic is a British airline, which was founded almost 25 years ago; it is a leading player of Sir Richard Branson 's Virgin Group, who own 51% of it and Singapore Airlines owns 49%. Its headquarters are located in Crawley, West Sussex, England, near London Gatwick Airport, they also have Technical Engineering Centers and other buildings and offices for cargo and Logistics in Manchester and Norfolk. It operates between

1 Executive summary "Virgin" is currently the third most recognized brand in Britain and it is commonly associated with the identity of its founder Richard Branson. Branson is not your typical corporate businessman but rather a risk-taking entrepreneur that emphasizes the fun in every activity he is driving the Virgin group into. Virgin's best known operations are probably air travel (the Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Express airlines) and music stores (Virgin Megastores), but they are also involved

Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 on his parents lemon ranch in Yorba Linda, California. Richard Nixon was the second of five brothers, Harold, Donald, Arthur, and Edward. Nixon had a difficult childhood as he dealt with Harold and Arthur dying at a young age. “His early life was marked by financial

The American involvement in the Vietnam War created widespread division between the American people. There were many United States citizens who believed that the United States was involved in the Vietnam struggle for the right reasons, in order to prevent communism from taking over South Vietnam. There were also other citizens who believed that the United States was involved over there for the wrong reasons, due to the feeling that it was none of our business, and that it was considered another form

they were not the only innovators in musical theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote many popular musicals,used new techniques, and won many awards; therefore, they left a lasting imprint on the theatrical world. The successful collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II began when their relationships with other composers and lyricists began to fail. In 1920, the two met

Watergate as ‘the nations most sustained political conflict and severest constitutional crisis since the Great Depression’” (Qtd. in Hillstrom, 2004, p.75). But that incident was just the key that unlocked a worm hole of unlawful activities that Richard Nixon’s administration was involved in. Some claim that the system established by the founders more than two hundred years ago was unequipped to handle the demands of the 20th century (Mosher, 1974, p.16), which may explain it all. When one administration

Good Leadership Characteristics of Good Presidents For our presentation, we have decided the best theme to show the many traits of great leaders was to show them in the Presidents of the United States. There were many different presidents who had different qualities; some bad and some good. In our presentation, we will show you the president who showed a specific trait in their actions. Most of the presidents who showed positive character traits were are remembered in a good way. Many of the presidents

leader with lost purpose for an organization. And the purpose should be to encourage, contribute, hold, build and inspire greatness. It’s not a matter of all you can be, but helping others to emerge as all they can be. Richard Branson: Fact file: A knight of British territory, Sir Richard Branson founder of virgin groups, is one of the 100 top most affluent business magnate. An extremist serial entrepreneur with more than 400 companies, with a very interesting and exciting leadership style, seemingly

It is often difficult for entrepreneurs to trust investors with their new business because the entrepreneurs have created a business from the start. It comes to the point where it has become their life and trusting an investor to own part of it is always a risk. It is true that entrepreneurs require investors, but they need to make sure that the investor does not start owning the business and making changes according to their preferences. Investing is a natural thing for any person to do and require