Richard Branson (@richardbranson) — Twitter Score 221 out of 1000

Richard Branson is a British entrepreneur who co-founded Virgin Group and founded Virgin Galactic, making him one of the most prominent mainstream business figures to engage publicly with Bitcoin. Richard Branson's Twitter Score is 221 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #1,947 (top 0.5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.

Richard Branson co-founded Virgin Group and later founded Virgin Galactic, the commercial spaceflight company that became an early adopter of Bitcoin payments when a customer purchased a $250,000 space ticket using Bitcoin, as reported by Wired. Richard Branson had personally invested in Bitcoin at the time, though Virgin Galactic converted the Bitcoin payment to fiat currency immediately. Richard Branson is also affiliated with BitPay, the Bitcoin payment processor that received $30 million in a funding round in May 2014 from investors including Richard Branson. Per Investopedia, Richard Branson's net worth is approximately $3 billion as of March 2026.

Richard Branson has accumulated 11,473,668 followers as of September 2026 on the platform and has published 27,655 posts. Richard Branson has been mentioned by 1,187 accounts, with 19,239 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Richard Branson include 1,301 founders, 323 angel investors, 300 influencers and 77 VCs. Among them are Brian Armstrong, Stani, Kyle Samani, Anthony Pompliano, David Sacks and Joseph Lubin.