British billionaire Sir Richard Branson suffered a severe fall from his bicycle while cycling in the Caribbean, leaving him bruised and bloody.
Branson with net worth Estimated by Forbes The British Virgin Islands resident, who is worth just under $3 billion, was photographed with severe bruising on his left arm.
“I had a pretty big fall while cycling on Virgin Gorda a while ago,” the 73-year-old Virgin founder wrote on his Instagram page on Sunday.
“I hit a hole and had a hard crash and had another hematoma on my hip and a bad cut on my elbow, but amazingly I didn’t break anything.”
Mr Brunson is pictured with a man he identified as Alex Wilson. His face is bandaged and there is blood on it.
Brunson said Wilson “was chasing me,” but “thankfully he was okay, too.”
The mogul seemed to have shaken off the horrific incident.
“I consider myself very lucky and grateful to be able to stay active and healthy,” Branson wrote.
“After all, the brave may not live forever, but the cautious may not live at all.”
The death-defying entrepreneur encountered some scary things while riding his bike.
In November 2021, he fell off his bike while participating in an endurance race, resulting in several cuts and bruises on his elbow and a hematoma on his leg.
Branson, who said he had “no doubt” that wearing a helmet at the time saved his life, said he tried to hit the brakes, but they “didn’t respond” and he “crashed into the concrete.” “I did,” he reported.
In 2016, Branson was cycling with his two children in the British Virgin Islands when he was involved in another high-speed bicycle accident that sent him crashing head-first into the pavement.
“I really thought I was going to die,” Branson said at the time.
“I flew headlong into the concrete road, but luckily my shoulder and cheek took the brunt of the impact and I was wearing a helmet, which saved my life.”
Branson, founder of the Virgin conglomerate, which includes Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Galactic, is competing with fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to take tourists into space. .
Last August, Virgin Galactic’s mothership took three civilians, each paid $200,000, to the edge of space. This is the company’s first civilian spaceflight.
