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Dennis Priestley

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Dennis Priestley Personal information Nickname The Menace Born ( 1950-07-16 ) 16 July 1950 (age 67) Mexborough, England Home town Mexborough England Darts information Playing darts since 1975 Darts 17g Winmau Laterality right-handed Walk-on music Last Nite by The Strokes Organisation (see split in darts) BDO 1989–1993 PDC 1993–2014 (Founding member) BDO majors - best performances World Ch'ship Winner (1) : 1991 World Masters Winner (1) : 1992 World Darts Trophy Last 16: 2007 Int. Darts League Last 32 Group: 2007 PDC premier events - best performances World Ch'ship Winner (1) : 1994 World Matchplay Runner Up: 1994, 1995, 1996 World Grand Prix Semi Final: 2000, 2005, 2006 Grand Slam Group stage: 2007 Premier League Semi Final: 2007 Ch'ship League Winners Group 7th: 2011 Desert Classic Quarter Final: 2006 European Ch'ship Last 16: 2008 UK Open Last 16: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012 US Open/WSoD Semi-Final: 2006, 2008 Players Ch'ship Finals Quarter Final: 2009 Other to...

Richard Branson

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Not to be confused with Richard Bronson or Richard Brandon. Sir Richard Branson Branson at Chatham House in March 2015 Born Richard Charles Nicholas Branson ( 1950-07-18 ) 18 July 1950 (age 67) [1] Blackheath, London, England Residence Necker Island, British Virgin Islands Other names Old Beardie [2] Occupation Founder of Virgin Group Years active 1966–present Net worth US$5.1 billion (April 2018) [3] Spouse(s) Joan Templeman ( m.   1989 ) Kristen Tomassi ( m.  1972; div.  1979) Children 2 Parent(s) Edward James Branson Eve Branson Relatives Right Honourable Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson (grandfather) Signature Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. [4] He founded the Virgin Group, which controls more than 400 companies. [5] Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student . In 1970, he set up a m...