Years winners ukraine who cant stage it because of the war with russia. Now on bbc news it is time for amol rajan interviewing Richard Branson. Hi. Yes. Hello. My goodness. Wow. The shy schoolboy who became a global celebrity. Sir Richard Branson is a very british bundle of contradictions. The dyslexic who set up a student magazine, the Record Label Founder who didnt listen to music, The 60s Hippie who became a multi billionaire. Today hes got his own island and his brand has dozens of companies to its name, from Virgin Atlantic to galactic. But after five decades in business, reinventing whole industries, sir Richard Branson has been tested as never before, both financially and emotionally. The pandemic left the 72 year old fighting to save his empire and his reputation. Hes faced questions over how hes used women to promote his brand. And sceptics have asked why someone who campaigns on Climate Change is sending rockets into space. The original Rebel Entrepreneur continues to grab th
on behalf of ukraine last year s winners. the pop band tvorchi is presenting this year s ukrainian entry entitled heart of steel. now on bbc news amol rajan interviews richard branson. hi. yes. hello. my goodness. wow. the shy schoolboy who became a global celebrity. sir richard branson is a very british bundle of contradictions. the dyslexic who set up a student magazine, the record label founder who didn t listen to music, the 60s hippie who became a multi billionaire. today he s got his own island and his brand has dozens of companies to its name, from virgin atlantic to galactic. but after five decades in business, reinventing whole industries, sir richard branson has been tested as never before, both financially and emotionally. the pandemic left the 72 year old fighting to save his empire and his reputation. he s faced questions over how he s used women to promote his brand. and sceptics have asked why someone who campaigns on climate change is sending rockets into
year s winners ukraine who can t stage it because of the war with russia. now on bbc news it is time for amol rajan interviewing richard branson. hi. yes. hello. my goodness. wow. the shy schoolboy who became a global celebrity. sir richard branson is a very british bundle of contradictions. the dyslexic who set up a student magazine, the record label founder who didn t listen to music, the 60s hippie who became a multi billionaire. today he s got his own island and his brand has dozens of companies to its name, from virgin atlantic to galactic. but after five decades in business, reinventing whole industries, sir richard branson has been tested as never before, both financially and emotionally. the pandemic left the 72 year old fighting to save his empire and his reputation. he s faced questions over how he s used women to promote his brand. and sceptics have asked why someone who campaigns on climate change is sending rockets into space. the original rebel entrepreneur co
and yeah, as a dyslexic, i thought, i must be stupid. because, you know, they d never heard of the word, dyslexia didn t exist. you hid those beatings from your mum, didn t you? i don t know. i may have. yeah. i don t think i don t think i would have mentioned it to her. most likely. greta thunberg told me that her asperger s was her superpower. why is dyslexia your superpower? with people who are dyslexic, they re apt to succeed at things that they are good at. and they become very good delegator as at things that they re not not good at. for me, one of the best things about being dyslexic was that the things i was good at, ie finding out what was going on in the world,
reading about the vietnamese war, the biafran war led me to decide to start a magazine, which is quite strange for a dyslexic person to have done. launched in 1968, student was a national magazine for young people to help overcome his dyslexia. so richard would interview some of the most articulate people in the world, from jean paul sartre to james baldwin, and then publish those recordings word for word. when the headmaster said to me, you re either going to have to run the magazine and leave the school or not run the magazine and get on with your schoolwork. it was an easy decision. i decided to say, thank you. i m off. so if i hadn t been dyslexic, i most likely wouldn t have left school at 15 16 years old, and my life would have been very different. dyslexia has become a superpower because i think i ve become a really good delegator. i find great people. i surround myself with wonderful people. hello, how are you? nice to see you.