What’s it like to work with Sir Richard Branson?

If you think the route to success lies in what they tell you at business schools, this will change your mind. Here Rowan Gormley talks about the rather odd way he began to work with Sir Richard Branson – and the distinctly unusual office he occupied.

He starts by explaining how he got fired before he even started his job as an accountant and what it was like working with Branson, where he initiated not one but three successful Virgin businesses.
 

Today Rowan runs his own firm, Naked Wines, which was set up on a highly imaginative idea. Would you like to see more clips of successful people and get an insight into what makes them tick – and succeed when others fail? Then put your name and email address below and we’ll let you know.

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