Branson: One of the icons of space conquest seduces the screens

Where to see Branson?

The production was directed by director Chris Smith, with whom, according to Branson, good communication was achieved about the life and personality of the businessman on the screen. The first episode premiered on December 1; however, in each weekly installment, viewers will be able to see the life story of this businessman on HBO.

The idea of ​​recording this story is more relevant because 16 days before Richard Branson made his 2021 foray into space, he spoke with Smith.

The documentary traces Branson’s upbringing as the son of an energetic and loving mother in Britain, right through to his pursuits of personal recklessness and extremes that serve both to grow his business brands and feed his insatiable lifelong thirst for adventure in adventure. high risk.

With additional reporting from family members, business partners, and journalists, this new series is illustrated by decades of archival footage and home video. In the end, the ups and downs of a man driven by risk-taking in both his business and personal life are revealed.

What other tech documentaries are there?

Branson is an original HBO production and in Expansión we will bring a special interview with the businessman in the January print edition, but if you still want to know more about the behind the scenes of tech companies, we leave you with some recommendations.

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

The beginnings of this mobility platform were more chaotic than what many users remember and portray the co-founder Travis Kanalick in the design of this business adventure, as well as the challenges that any growing startup faces. Although it is not a documentary, it is inspired by interviews and newspaper articles.

The Inventor: Out for blood

The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, is a documentary that portrays the history of this company, how Holmes was discovered in fraud and how thousands of businessmen and capital angels fell for the story of how technology was going to innovate in the health sector.

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This Netflix series portrays the story of the beginnings of Spotify, the streaming platform that dominates the Latin American market, as well as giving a spotlight to Daniel Ek, a twenty-something from Stockholm who managed to develop a global-scale application.