Why Richard Branson’s mother turned him into an adventurer — at just 4 years old

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Her son Richard also embarked on his own adventures at an early age.
As a teenager, Branson decided to leave school and pursue a dream of setting up his own magazine "Student," before going on to found Virgin Records in the early 1970s and the Virgin Atlantic airline group in 1984.
"His headmaster said when he left school: `Branson, you`re either going to become a millionaire or go to jail,`" said Will Whitehorn, former president of Virgin Galactic.
"Right from a very early age, (Branson) was classic schoolboy adventurer and would go places where others would fear to tread," said Nik Powell, co-founder of Virgin Group.
And it seems that this notion of being an adventurer from a young age is something instilled in Branson`s own beliefs.
In a recent blogpost uploaded onto the Virgin website, Branson wrote that it doesn`t matter how old a person is, if they have an idea they can "turn it into a reality with hard work.
" "I was so utterly determined to do my own thing," wrote Branson earlier this month in an article called "Starting Young," adding that he was "extremely fortunate that my parents nurtured my entrepreneurial spark and supported my dreams, whatever they were.
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