richard branson

[gingerflaps]

sorry i didnt know where to post this, but is it true that richard branson grew up on a council estate and was quite poor when growing up?

[Ethel]

His father was a barrister, his grandfather a high court judge, his mother was an air hostess.

So no, not true.

[funnygirl]

So that's where he got his love of flying from!

[Ice-Maiden]

but they say he's dyslexic, which means he's had to put up with far more than coming from a poor home - which it seems he didn't. Just shows what a person can do if they have a brain for business.

[Octavius]

He was educated at Stowe.
You can't do that on a tight budget.