(CNBC) — Since leaving school at age 16 to start his first business, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has overseen hundreds of companies and accumulated a fortune of approximately $5 billion.
The self-made billionaire could retire at the drop of a dime — but retirement is the last thing on the 66-year-old's mind.
"I don't believe that retirement should be the goal," he wrote in a recent blog post.
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Branson's perspective is inspired by British philosopher Alan Watts, who discouraged people from thinking of life as a journey. A journey implies a destination or some sort of arrival — but no epic "thing" is coming in life, Watts said.
