Richard Branson (@richardbranson) — Twitter Score 218 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 218 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #2,006 (top 0.5%) among 498,181 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 11,460,803 followers as of October 2026 on the platform and has published 27,655 posts. Richard Branson has been mentioned by 1,190 accounts, with 19,242 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Richard Branson include 1,305 founders, 322 angel investors, 303 influencers and 76 VCs. Among them are Brian Armstrong, Stani, Kyle Samani, Anthony Pompliano, David Sacks and Joseph Lubin.