Bangkok--Dec 9--Francom Asia
Airtimes: Saturday, December 11 at 20:30, 24:00
Sunday, December 12 at 18:30, 22:00 (replays)
Monday, December 13 at 10:30 (replay)
“I’ve never thought of myself as a businessman. I was never interested in going into business. What I’ve always wanted to do was to create things that I can be proud of,” Sir Richard Branson said on CNN’s TALK ASIA.
This Saturday, CNN brings viewers up close and personal with the founder and chairman of the Virgin Group. Hosted from India, TALK ASIA finds out how Sir Richard Branson has achieved what most young professionals could only dream of - wealth and fame.
As one of Britain’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, Branson talks about how he continues to develop his wide-ranging businesses from magazines to music and airplanes to telecommunication companies. When asked about his secret to success, he states, “The important thing is to do the best in anything you do, throw yourself 100 percent into it. If it’s successful, you can move onto the next thing. If it doesn’t work, you have to move onto the next thing and put whatever time you spent on the last thing behind you.”
Additionally, he unveils plans to launch spatial tours charged at USD$200,000 per person on Virgin Galactic Airways. “We’re building 5 spaceships and they will be ready to go into space in two and a half to three years time…also hopefully put hotels in space, maybe a hotel on the moon one day and push the frontiers forward.”
During the interview, the tycoon also discusses his business strategies in India and China, his childhood schooling experiences, and his personal life.
Log onto TALK ASIA’s website at www.CNN.com/talkasia for details on upcoming guests.
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