3. Richard Branson – A personal favorite of mine, Richard Branson is a highly successful entrepreneur. In fact, in a prior article, I named him one of the Top 10 Living Business Leaders Today. Branson’s successful ventures include Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Music, and Virgin Active. At age 16, however, Branson was a high school dropout with hopes of starting a student magazine. It didn’t succeed. He went on to establish a mail-order record business that did so well it led to the creation of the record shop he called Virgin. Today we know him as one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs, but on his path to success he endured many more failures, including Virgin Cola, Virgin Vodka, Virgin Clothes, Virgin Vie, and Virgin Cards. Thank heavens he never gave up.
3. 理查德·布兰森（Richard Branson）——我个人最喜欢的一位成功人士，理查德·布兰森是一位取得了辉煌成就的企业家。事实上，在我之前的一篇文章中，我称他为当今在世的10位最伟大商业领袖之一。布兰森的成功包括创建了维珍航空（Virgin Atlantic）、维珍唱片（Virgin Music）和维珍活力（Virgin Active）。布兰森在16岁时从高中辍学，希望能创办一份学生杂志。但这次尝试没有成功，他并未气馁，又创建了一家邮购唱片公司。这家公司的生意非常好，他也因此建立起一家唱片商店，取名维珍。今天，他作为全球最伟大的企业家之一闻名于世，但在他的成功之路上，他品尝的失败比成功要多，包括维珍可乐（Virgin Cola）、维珍伏特加（Virgin Vodka）、维珍服饰（Virgin Clothes）、维珍维（Virgin Vie）和维珍卡（Virgin Cards）。感谢老天他从来没有放弃。