What is Richard Branson?
{{Infobox person | image = Richard Branson March 2015 (cropped).jpg | caption = Branson in 2015 |birthname=Richard Charles Nicholas Branson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|07|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | alma_mater = | networth = {{increase}} US$4.2 billion <small>(2021)</small><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/richard-branson/|title=#1 Richard Branson|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref> | awards = | occupation = businessman | spouse = }} '''[[Knight Bachelor|Sir]] Richard Charles Nicholas Branson''' (born 18 July 1950) is an [[England|English]] [[business]]man. He is the [[chairman]] of the [[Virgin Group]], a group of [[company|companies]] including [[Virgin Atlantic Airways]] and [[Virgin Records]]. Branson started Virgin people, a private company that is trying to get people in space. According to [[Forbes]], Branson was the 245th [[wikt:rich|richest]] person in the world in 2008.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/2Y7I.html #245 Richard Branson]. [[Forbes]]. Accessed 23 August 2008.</ref> Branson is adventurous and has sporting achievements, he flew around the world in a [[hot air balloon]] where he nearly got killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/10/business/richard-branson-near-death-experiences/index.html|title=Here are just some of Richard Branson's near-death experiences ahead of his first space flight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trtworld.com/news/richard-branson|title=Richard Branson News - TRT World}}</ref> On 11 July 2021, Branson flew to space, reaching a peak altitude of {{convert|53.5|mi|km}} as part of a test flight for his company, [[Virgin Galactic]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-11|title=Richard Branson successfully completes flight to space with Virgin Galactic|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/space-trip-virgin-branson-live-b1882125.html|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Ci