Losing My Virginity - Entrepreneur Richard Branson's Large Life

Loren Wesley Vankirk is a respected presence in the Winder, Georgia community who guides Vankirk Electric and provides contracting services across the nation. With a passion for business strategy, Loren Wesley Vankirk considers Richard Branson's first book, Losing My Virginity, as one of his favorite reads.

Originally published in 1998, the book details the dynamic, work-centered, and risk-taking approach that brought Branson to the pinnacle of achievement. His innovative model drew from his accomplishments in creating global companies with limited bureaucracy and management hierarchy and no central headquarters. This allowed him to successfully take on British Airways and the business establishment, both in the air and in the courts. 

Along the way, Branson also had larger-than-life adventures, such as surviving a hot-air balloon crash in the Sahara Desert while en route to completing a pioneering circuit around the world. He also signed some of rock’s most noteworthy acts, from the Rolling Stones to Janet Jackson, and staged a rescue flight into Iraq before the Gulf War began. 

Richard Branson recently authored the follow-up book Finding My Virginity, which provides insight from the entrepreneur’s past 20 years. Its 2017 publication was timed to coincide with his 50th year as an entrepreneur.