I myself have benefited from many mentors throughout my life.

If you love what you do and if you believe in what you do, others will share your enthusiasm. Passionate people find their way to the Virgin Group, and when they do, we snap them up and try to keep them within the family.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

I never went into business to make money, but I have found that if I have fun, the money will come.

Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.

The important thing is that you've got a strong foundation before you start to try to save the world or help other people.

As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.