What we are trying to do at Virgin is not to have one enormous company in one sector under one banner, but to have two hundred or even three hundred separate companies. Each company can stand on its own feet and, in that way, although we've got a brand that links them, if we were to have another tragedy such as that of 11 September - which hurt the airline industry - it would not bring the whole group crashing down.

I am a believer in trying to treat people properly and trying to respond and making sure that I find the time to be courteous.

I believe in goals. It's never a bad thing to have a dream. If something is really what you want to do, just do it. Whatever your goal.

Age isn't as important so long as you are surrounded by people you love, doing things you passionately believe in.

I'm a great believer that saying yes is a lot more fun than saying no.

I think great businessmen are more likely made than born. I don't know if it's from your upbringing, your parental background, the struggles you go through. In my own particular situation, I left school at 15 and I was struggling to survive in the jungle and that was a great education. So I think just getting out there, hands on, learning to survive teaches you a lot.

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep...