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While I think his attitude is authentic to his younger years, it is still somewhat amusing to hear a billionaire talk about not being into something for the mon

by ulf 16y ago

While I think his attitude is authentic to his younger years, it is still somewhat amusing to hear a billionaire talk about not being into something for the money...

mseebach 16y ago
If you're a billionaire, and you're still in it, you're NOT in it for the money, that's pretty obvious. Branson has FU money, and then some. He could retire and live very comfortably, but he's still working. Don't tell me he's motivated by being able to buy an even larger small country.
- tortilla 16y ago
  He has FE (Fuck Everyone) money.
  - chegra 16y ago
    lol not everyone. SEC and FBI don't take that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford Allen Stanford 2.2 Billion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson Richard Branson 2.6 Billion In the same league.
- mrduncan 16y ago
  Branson has actually owned this island for decades: http://www.neckerisland.virgin.com/ http://www.neckerisland.virgin.com/
philwelch 16y ago
That sounds backwards to me. Young broke people worry a hell of a lot more about money than billionaires.
- wlievens 16y ago
  "thinking about money" isn't necessarily the same as "worrying about money"
dchs 16y ago
I don't think so. Branson now has more money than he could spend - if he was just in it for the money he could have stopped a long time ago.
smiler 16y ago
He's not saying it's an either / or, he's saying it's an AND. Branson is well known for being a shrewd businessman and only looking to enter markets where he thinks he can compete and be financially successful. Consider his recent investment into Formua 1 racing. Last year he sponsored Brawn GP for the first few races for a paltry sum of money (because they were desperate). Due to the team being sold off by Honda and they came back from the brink and had the fastest car - he got a ton of free PR and decided not to invest more money because he didn't need to. This year he has created his own F1 team - Virgin Racing, and to save on costs the team are designing the car purely using CFD, whereas every other team are using windtunnels and building scale models and say you can't use CFD alone. Time will tell which one is proven right

by ulf 16y ago

While I think his attitude is authentic to his younger years, it is still somewhat amusing to hear a billionaire talk about not being into something for the money...

mseebach 16y ago

If you're a billionaire, and you're still in it, you're NOT in it for the money, that's pretty obvious. Branson has FU money, and then some. He could retire and live very comfortably, but he's still working. Don't tell me he's motivated by being able to buy an even larger small country.

tortilla 16y ago
He has FE (Fuck Everyone) money.
- chegra 16y ago
  lol not everyone. SEC and FBI don't take that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford Allen Stanford 2.2 Billion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson Richard Branson 2.6 Billion In the same league.
mrduncan 16y ago
Branson has actually owned this island for decades: http://www.neckerisland.virgin.com/ http://www.neckerisland.virgin.com/

philwelch 16y ago

That sounds backwards to me. Young broke people worry a hell of a lot more about money than billionaires.

wlievens 16y ago
"thinking about money" isn't necessarily the same as "worrying about money"

dchs 16y ago

I don't think so. Branson now has more money than he could spend - if he was just in it for the money he could have stopped a long time ago.

smiler 16y ago

He's not saying it's an either / or, he's saying it's an AND. Branson is well known for being a shrewd businessman and only looking to enter markets where he thinks he can compete and be financially successful. Consider his recent investment into Formua 1 racing. Last year he sponsored Brawn GP for the first few races for a paltry sum of money (because they were desperate). Due to the team being sold off by Honda and they came back from the brink and had the fastest car - he got a ton of free PR and decided not to invest more money because he didn't need to. This year he has created his own F1 team - Virgin Racing, and to save on costs the team are designing the car purely using CFD, whereas every other team are using windtunnels and building scale models and say you can't use CFD alone. Time will tell which one is proven right