Richard Branson
- Learning disability: dyslexia
Richard Branson is an English business magnate, investor, and author. He is the founder of Virgin Group (a multinational venture capital conglomerate that controls more than 400 companies). He wanted to become a businessman from an early age, so when he was 16 years old, his first business was a magazine called Student. He is considered one of the most influential people in the world.
He attended Stowe School, an independent school in Buckinghamshire until the age of 16. He was diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age and had a poor academic performance. His parents supported him a lot, and his headmaster, Robert Drayson, told Branson on his last day of school that he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. Well, he’s one of the richest men in the world, although he struggled with dyslexia at school.
During an interview, Branson said that the reason people with dyslexia seem to do well in life (even though they struggled at school) is that they tend to simplify things. He also added that dyslexia helped him a lot and became his advantage in life, as he learned to be more creative and find solutions to problems more easily.
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