Nik Powell

Nik Powell
Born
Nikolas Mark Powell

4 November 1950
Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Died7 November 2019 (aged 69)
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
EducationAmpleforth College, University of Sussex
Occupation(s)Record label founder, film producer and company founder
Known forco-founder with Stephen Woolley of Palace Productions, co-founding Virgin Records with Richard Branson in 1972,
Spouse
(m. 1982; div. 1995)

Nikolas Mark Powell (4 November 1950 – 7 November 2019)[1] was a British businessman and one of the co-founders of Virgin Records with Richard Branson. After operating a mail-order company, a small record shop, and a recording studio, the partners established the label in 1972. It became one of the UK's major recording labels until its sale to EMI in 1992.

  1. ^ "Nikolas Mark Powell personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 7 April 2024.