The Maverick

Recently, I read the Autobiography of the famous entrepreneur and adventurer, the founder of "VIRGIN" , Richard Branson. He is one of those CEOs who believes in living life to the fullest and stands with unabashed bravado on its face. Born in England in a small town, he was truly English blood i.e., a proportionate mixture of brazenness and simplicity. He suffered from Dyslexia in his early days and found it hard to deal with numbers. That was a time, when Dyslexia was not yet recognized as a disease. If you couldn't do maths, it meant that you were not paying enough attention. Corporal punishment was thought to be the best way to deal with such children. Perhaps, this episode of his life agravated his dislike for numbers. In his later days, he had quoted, "Numbers cannot be trusted at all. They can be easily twisted to make you believe in anything." Despite this setback, he followed his heart supported by his mother and founded "Virgin Music". Then, he worked with bands which later became famous such as "The Rolling Stones","The Human League", etc. Later, when his newborn company was in decent position, he gradually expanded its horizons, entering into "Virgin Books" and "Virgin Airways". This was when he seriously thought about adventure and pulled off many death-defying feats with Air-balloons. Recently, he has launched the "Virgin Galactic" and aims at Space Tourism. He is one of those persons who has succeeded in all the ventures he has undertaken. His motto truly inspires the philosophy of his company, "Screw it! Lets do it!".