1970s
- 1970 - Starts selling records by mail-order
- 1971 - Opens his first record shop on Oxford Street
- 1972 - Opens a Virgin Recording Studio
- 1973 - Launches Virgin Records record label
- 1979 - Buys the gay nightclub Heaven, located under Charing Cross railway station. It was eventually sold in 2003 to a private buyer.
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