The 25 Most Absurd Photos Of Eccentric Billionaire Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson is the quintessential self-made, idealistic, and off-the-wall entrepreneur. He's never stopped doing things differently over his 40-plus-year career, from dropping out of high school to run a magazine to buying his own island in the British Virgin Islands -- not to mention starting a commercial airline from scratch and kite-surfing across the English Channel in his 60s. Today he's worth an estimated $5 billion and is the chairman of the eclectic Virgin Group of businesses, wh...