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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and as of 2016 controlled 5 companies remaining of once more than 400. [ 1 ]
Branson has described the "V" in the logo as an expressive tick, representing the Virgin seal of approval. [4] The original logo from 1973 was a completely different design intended to be used for the record company that was founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell. The logo was designed by British science-fiction artist and designer Roger ...
1987 – Richard Branson launches Mates condoms in the UK to promote condoms to young adults 1988 – Virgin re-opens the recently acquired and re-modelled Olympic Studios in Barnes , London. 1988 – Virgin launches Virgin Classics , another Virgin international record label specializing in high-quality classical music.
Branson is best known as the co-founder of the Virgin Group, which owns a massive portfolio of businesses, including in hotels, radio stations, airlines and even commercial space flight.
Necker Island is a 30-hectare (74-acre) island [1] in the British Virgin Islands just north of Virgin Gorda.The island is entirely owned by Sir Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, and is part of the Virgin Limited Edition portfolio of luxury properties.
British tycoon Richard Branson could scoop a massive personal cash windfall as a reward for struggling challenger bank Virgin Money’s ditching its Virgin branding after a bumper takeover bid ...
The audience, Branson says, is the young at heart. As an adults-only cruise line, the minimum age is 18, but passengers in their 70s and 80s were also onboard the Greek Islands cruise.
On 11 July 2021, founder Richard Branson and three other employees rode on VSS Unity 22 as passengers, marking the first time a spaceflight company founder has travelled on his own ship into outer space. [12] In February 2022, Virgin Galactic announced that it was opening ticket sales to the public. [13] The price of a reservation was $450,000 ...