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Richard Branson's Latest Venture

Virgin's founder talks about why fellow entrepreneurs are uniquely suited to help fight problems such as poverty, AIDS, and climate change

The Entrepreneur: Sir Richard Branson, 57

Background: At 16, British-born Branson launched his first business: a magazine called Student. He then established a mail-order record business that turned into a chain of music shops and eventually became the Virgin Megastores.