The Priciest “Crib” Ever
Did you all catch that jaw-dropping countdown of the most expensive “Cribs” MTV has ever shown? Well, it made me hate my house for sure. I’ll spare you the long list and cut to the chase: the most expensive house is worth $150 million dollars. Check out the video here
Can you believe it!? The most expensive crib isn’t even owned by a visible celebrity! To find out who the HELL this guy is (and how he made so much money), click “read the rest of this entry.”
Richard Branson was born in 1950 and educated at Stowe School. It was here that he began to set up Student Magazine when he was just 16. By 17 he’d also set up Student Advisory Centre, which was a charity to help young people.
In 1970 he founded Virgin as a mail order record retailer, and not long after he opened a record shop in Oxford Street, London. During 1972 a recording studio was built in Oxfordshire, and the first Virgin artist, Mike Oldfield, recorded “Tubular Bells” which was released in 1973.
This album went on to sell over 5 million copies! Since then many household names, including Belinda Carlisle, Genesis, Phil Collins, Janet Jackson and The Rolling Stones have helped to make Virgin Music one of the top six record companies in the world. The equity of Virgin Music Group - record labels, music publishing, and recording studios was sold to THORN EMI in 1992 in a US$1billion deal.
The Virgin Group has now expanded into international music Megastores, air travel, mobile, financial, retail, music, internet, drinks, rail, hotels and leisure, with around 200 companies in over 30 countries. Yes, we’ve been busy!
July 30th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Hey, I understand this is perhaps somewhat strange to read, but this post inspires me to get through my day, when my boss is shouting at me all the time A couple of my buds told me about it but I didn’t find it for quite a while, so a couple days back I was so pleased to finally find it! Me, I don’t do much blogging because I simply don’t have the time nonetheless I do love to look at other people’s work. I just had to comment to show my appreciation for your entries and I also wanted to say that so many writers do not get any credit for their work, credit that is, surely well deserved. Given the topic you might not believe me and perhaps doubt that any person could like it so much, but I genuinely wish for you to continue as you began. It’s number 1!