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Leadership

Sir Richard Branson says history will remember this time as when the West’s trust in America ‘ended’

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March 31, 2025
Richard Branson, chairman and founder of Virgin Group Ltd., poses for a photograph on board a new Virgin Azuma high speed train, manufactured by Hitachi Ltd., at Kings Cross station, London, U.K., on Friday, March 18, 2016. Virgin Trains will revive plans to offer high-speed Internet access on Europes busiest rail route in a bid to beat the plane and persuade business people to travel outside peak hours.
Finance

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson plans to take on Eurostar’s 30-year train monopoly with $900 million Virgin Group fundraise

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March 10, 2025
A Virgin Money UK Plc bank branch in Middlesbrough, UK, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Nationwide Building Society has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Virgin Money UK Plc for £2.9 billion ($3.7 billion), in a deal that raises the stakes for consolidation among Britain's mid-sized lenders.
Finance

Virgin Money chatbot tells off customer who typed word ‘virgin’

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January 30, 2025
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Environment

How far is it possible to ‘green’ an airplane?

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September 3, 2024
Holly Branson, Richard Branson and Sam Branson attend We Day UK at Wembley Arena on March 5, 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
Success

73-year-old British billionaire Sir Richard Branson unveils succession plan to give Virgin Atlantic to his kids

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June 10, 2024
Virgin Media is suing Irish scallop fishers for $870,000 for allegedly damaging an underwater cable 9 years ago
Tech

Virgin Media is suing Irish scallop fishers for $870,000 for allegedly damaging an underwater cable 9 years ago

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June 5, 2024
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Finance

Barclays, HSBC, Virgin Money and others spent $63.3 million to help resolve banking complaints for business customers—the project failed

By Marion Dakers and Bloomberg
May 17, 2024
Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages offers 4-week cruises for remote workers, with prices starting at $10,000 for 2 people
Lifestyle

Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages offers 4-week cruises for remote workers, with prices starting at $10,000 for 2 people

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March 13, 2024
British billionaire Richard Branson poised for a $320 million windfall under obscure exit fee for closure of challenger Virgin Money brand
Finance

British billionaire Richard Branson poised for a $320 million windfall under obscure exit fee for closure of challenger Virgin Money brand

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March 11, 2024
Passenger waits in an airport during a flight delay

Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight

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September 22, 2023
Sir Richard Branson attends "Branson" New York Premiere at HBO Screening Room on November 29, 2022 in New York City.
Leadership

Richard Branson, billionaire founder of Virgin, shares the most useful skills for entrepreneurs

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June 1, 2023
Sir Richard Branson at the New York Stock Exchange
Leadership

Sir Richard Branson personally lost £1.5 billion in the pandemic

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May 4, 2023
Sir Richard Branson attends the presentation of Virgin Fiber at Teatro Gerolamo

Billionaire tycoon Richard Branson says no thanks to the offer of debating the death penalty on live TV

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October 31, 2022
Richard Branson, wearing a white shirt, is interviewed in 2018
Tech

Virgin just signaled the Hyperloop dream is dying with shock layoffs of half its staff

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February 22, 2022
Richard Branson arrives at Bondi Beach via a rubber dinghy on Nov. 13, 2019 in Sydney, Australia.
Finance

As Virgin wobbles, Richard Branson looks to use his private island as collateral

By Tom Metcalf, Ben Stupples and Bloomberg
April 21, 2020

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