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    • Friday, 14 January, 2022
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      Virgin Galactic returns to planet earth

      What’s a $425m convert between friends eh?

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
      Branson gives Virgin Atlantic cash injection as travel outlook darkens

      Tycoon’s Virgin Group and Delta Air Lines pump in £400m

    • Saturday, 9 October, 2021
      Travel
      Short cuts: Branson’s other island and time for contemplation

      Moskito Island in the Caribbean offers a range of ‘estates’ and English Heritage calls for quiet at its holiest buildings

    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      ‘CEO speak’ on show in the billionaire space race

      Business leaders’ words are increasingly sanitised but insights occasionally slip through

    • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
      Virgin Galactic
      US regulator grounds Virgin Galactic fleet over Branson space flight anomaly

      FAA began probe after learning spacecraft veered out of designated airspace during founder’s July launch

    • Monday, 23 August, 2021
      Space industry
      Virgin Orbit brings Boeing on board for $3.2bn Spac deal

      Richard Branson’s reusable launch venture is aiming for Nasdaq listing

    • Friday, 13 August, 2021
      Virgin Group Ltd
      Branson’s Virgin Group takes in $1bn from Galactic share sales

      Space travel company’s market value has almost trebled since 2019 listing through a Spac

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      Beach holidays
      Necker Island — inside Richard Branson’s Caribbean lair

      After being devastated by a hurricane, the Virgin boss’s home — and celebrity magnet — has reopened to guests

    • Sunday, 1 August, 2021
      Virgin Group Ltd
      Virgin cruise ship set for debut after investors keep it afloat

      The €600m Scarlet Lady will feature immersive theatre, a tattoo parlour and a sexologist on its adult-only trips

    • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
      Space industry
      Fiercest billionaire space race is Bezos vs Musk

      Richard Branson is not Blue Origin’s main rival because SpaceX remains streets ahead

    • Friday, 16 July, 2021
      Merryn Somerset Webb
      The company space race is a great story — but will it end happily?

      Seraphim Investment Trust is one to watch, but early adopters in new frontiers rarely prosper

    • Friday, 16 July, 2021
      Henry Mance
      Branson, Bezos and the pointless billionaire space race

      Their money would be better spent saving this planet rather than gazing at it from afar

    • Monday, 12 July, 2021
      InterviewVirgin Galactic
      Virgin Galactic plans to take a tourist to space every day, says chief

      Sir Richard Branson’s private space company looks to capitalise on its founder’s successful test flight

    • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
      Virgin Galactic
      Richard Branson touches the edge of space

      Entrepreneur’s ride to zero gravity is a milestone for his Virgin Galactic venture

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Space industry
      Branson and Bezos in space: how their rocket ships compare

      Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder plans to kickstart space tourism industry with mission on Sunday

    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Space industry
      Richard Branson poised to beat Jeff Bezos into space

      Virgin Galactic brings forward founder’s first trip to nine days before rival’s Blue Origin mission

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      Virgin Galactic
      Virgin Galactic licence starts countdown to billionaire space race

      Richard Branson gets go-ahead from regulators as he vies with Jeff Bezos to take passengers to space

    • Friday, 18 June, 2021
      City InsiderBryce Elder
      Virgin territory as Ovo founder takes to the skies

      Parallels between Fitzpatrick and Branson empires don’t stop at getting off the ground

    • Sunday, 7 March, 2021
      Virgin Group Ltd
      Branson asks UK court to rule on value of Virgin brand

      Business magnate embroiled in $250m dispute with US rail operator Brightline

    • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Merger with Branson Spac values 23andMe at $3.5bn

      Genetics testing company’s CEO calls partnering with Virgin founder a ‘slam dunk’

    • Monday, 18 January, 2021
      Space industry
      Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit launches rocket into space

      Successful test puts satellites into orbit eight months after failed first attempt

    • Friday, 13 November, 2020
      Due Diligence
      Why every dealmaker wants to launch a Spac Premium content

      The investment product can generate a profit like nowhere else on Wall Street. DD digs into ‘the great 2020 money grab’

    • Monday, 9 November, 2020
      Innovation
      Virgin claims hyperloop trial success with passengers

      Two people ride short section of test tube in the Nevada desert

    • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
      Lex
      Branson/Virgin Spac: catch me if you can Premium content

      The billionaire needs capital to feed his cash-draining groups

    • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
      Richard Branson to raise $400m for Spac

      British billionaire joins fundraising craze in bid to expand Virgin empire

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