Losing My Virginity
Richard Branson tells the story of every Virgin venture from the magazine he started at 16 through Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic, the around-the-world balloon attempts, and the dozens of businesses launched and sold along the way. The book moves chronologically through the partner fights, the legal battles with British Airways, the near-bankruptcies, and the personal risks Branson took with his own life and the company's survival. Branson writes the entire book in his own voice, refusing to soften the recklessness or sand off the rough partnership stories, and the result is one of the most cited founder memoirs of the last 30 years.
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Richard Branson recounts every Virgin venture from his teenage magazine to airlines, record labels, and around-the-world balloon attempts in a candid first-person founder memoir.
Yes. Losing My Virginity is Richard Branson's autobiography, first published in 1998 with multiple updated editions. It covers his early entrepreneurship, the founding of Virgin Records, and the launch of Virgin Atlantic.
Losing My Virginity is more memoir than playbook. The lessons emerge from anecdotes rather than frameworks. Many entrepreneurs read it for the founding-story material rather than direct strategic advice.
Losing My Virginity was written by Richard Branson, published in 1999 by HarperCollins Audio.
Losing My Virginity is 608 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Losing My Virginity takes most readers 9 to 13 hours to finish.
Losing My Virginity is a standalone novel by Richard Branson, not part of a series.
Losing My Virginity is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.