British businessman, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group. He was born in Surrey, south of London, England. He suffered extreme difficulty in continuing his studies, which made him drop out of high school when he reached sixteen years old. This decision led to him seeking to establish his first company, Virgin Records, and he began his investment projects in the field of the music industry, and then his activities expanded to include several other fields. He founded a space tourism company called Virgin Galactic.