Richard Branson started working on his businesses early in his life. He founded Student magazine at the age of 16 while in ...
Financial success has often followed, but Branson is adamant that money has never been his chief motivating force. His first successful business venture, a youth culture magazine called "Student ...
Branson's father told him that he would allow him, at age 15, to leave high school and start Student magazine only if he sold £4,000 worth of advertising to cover printing and paper costs.