"The odds seem to be against Allan Gray, since the largest shareholder and founder Sir Richard Branson has already indicated that he will back the takeover, which will net him £724mn. "
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. fell 17.1% Monday after founder Sir Richard Branson ruled out further investment in the space-tourism company."
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. fell 14.1% in premarket trades Monday after founder Sir Richard Branson ruled out further investment in the space-tourism company. "
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"The foundation also pioneered the concept of allowing individuals to create their own AI in 2019 through collaborations with early adopters such as billionaire Richard Branson and Deepak Chopra, among others. "
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"In a separate development, billionaire Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE Quick QuoteSPCE - Free Report) announced that it will launch its commercial space tourism service this month. "
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"Investors in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. could take a breath Friday, as shares in the aerospace and space travel company appeared unaffected by the troubles facing rocket-launcher builder Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. Sir Richard Branson is the largest shareholder for both companies, according to FactSet data, and is also chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways. "
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"CNBC said that executives for the company, founded by Richard Branson in 2017, notified employees about the decision on Wednesday. "
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"While we're on the subject of swashbuckling billionaires, Richard Branson has lately proposed lowering speed limits, a move he says will save gasoline and thereby reduce the flow of money to Russian President Vladimir Putin's war machine. "
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"The Covid-19 crisis almost tipped Virgin Atlantic into collapse in 2020, and it's needed fresh funding from founder Richard Branson as recently as December."
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"The complaint, filed on behalf of Virgin Galactic to seek damages from its directors and officers, also alleges that founder Richard Branson pocketed $301 million by dumping his shares while the stock price was "artificially inflated."
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"British billionaire Richard Branson inaugurated a new era by traveling to the thermosphere using his Virgin Galactic venture. "
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"Founder Richard Branson flew on a test flight last year, and the shares jumped earlier this week after the company started ticket sales in the hopes of launching commercial service this year."
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"Space tourism has recently caught on as Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos both made their maiden flights. "
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"After founder Richard Branson took a high-profile flight in July, the company said it would delay the start of commercial service to upgrade its space plane. "
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"The space travel company launched by billionaire Richard Branson said it plans to have its first 1,000 customers on board when commercial service starts later this year. "
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"Matthew McConaughey will be taking subtle shots at space billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk, while asking viewers to join #TeamEarth for Salesforce. "
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"With Thursday's launch for NASA, Astra has effectively started its launch business and was attempting to join more-established players in the field like SpaceX; Rocket Lab, the California-based company that has completed roughly two dozen launches from New Zealand since 2018; and Virgin Orbit, the company founded by Richard Branson that drops a rocket from a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet to reach orbit."
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"British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson helped found the company, envisioning Virgin Hyperloop as a high-speed mass transportation system for passengers and freight. "
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"Virgin Group founder Richard Branson caught the virus earlier this month, preventing the billionaire from ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq exchange on which his Virgin Orbit satellite launch company was listed late last year. "
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"It was a smart thing to do to not be hosting it right now," said Valerie Keller, a Davos regular and co-founder of Imagine, a company that works with executives to improve the state of the world and whose mission board includes Richard Branson and Arianna Huffington. "
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"Richard Branson hinted but stopped short of confirming a report that his Virgin Group is considering setting up a blank-check company in the Netherlands, in what would be his first use of the structure in Europe."
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"Billionaire Richard Branson is reportedly looking to Amsterdam rather than London for his first European-listed special purpose acquisition company."
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"Richard Branson is currently recovering from a "mild" case of coronavirus, the Virgin Group founder said in a tweet Thursday, adding that he and his wife both caught the omicron variant, along with other members of his family."
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"Sir Richard Branson and Arianna Huffington are both limited partners in the firm."
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"Sun will join a small but growing group of ultra-wealthy adventurers who've bought their way into outer space thanks largely to competing ventures founded by billionaires such as Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk. "
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"owners Richard Branson and Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to provide a 400 million-pound ($530 million) capital injection into the U.K. carrier to see it through the latest slump in global travel."
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"Bess joins a small but growing group of ultra-wealthy adventurers who've bought their way into outer space thanks largely to competing ventures founded by billionaires such as Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk. "
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"Grove is paving the way for people to have more access to healthy, sustainable goods for their homes and I am excited to see the company's impact on customers' health and wellbeing," Sir Richard Branson said."
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"The first training session took place in August, during which students underwent a series of experiences led by Brienna Rommes, a space-training veteran who schooled Sir Richard Branson and his son, Sam, years ago at the National Aerospace Training and Research Center in Pennsylvania."
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"Virgin Atlantic is in discussions with shareholders Richard Branson and Delta Air Lines Inc. about a 400 million-pound ($540 million) capital injection to bolster its balance sheet, a person familiar with the matter said on Nov. 20. "
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"The amount of the potential capital increase is yet to be finalized, and the carrier's founder and majority investor Richard Branson is expected to contribute as the possibility of an initial public offering becomes less likely, according to the report. "
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"The world's wealthiest people would be beneficiaries of such a crisis, as Musk, Jeff Bezos (who owns Blue Origin), and Richard Branson (Virgin Galactic) are the sole competitors in the race to commercialise spacecraft."
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"The company founded by billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said Thursday that it now believes it will launch private-astronaut flights in the fourth quarter of 2022, instead of the end of the third quarter of next year, as Chief Executive Michael Colglazier previously told investors. "
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"Related: and Richard Branson are also pumping resources into their own space ambitions."
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"Prince William has criticized some of the world's richest billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson for their perceived focus on space rather than the climate."
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"Carrying two paying passengers, the quick jaunt to space also checked off another revenue-generating flight for Blue Origin's space tourism business, advancing competition with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to attract more wealthy and adventure-seeking customers."
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"Guest host Owen Wilson played Jeff Bezos in a pseudo-trailer for "Star Trek: Ego Quest." The trailer's tag-line was "take flight on a midlife crisis of epic proportions." It made light of accusations that Bezos and Richard Branson wasted billions on their trips to space."
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"In the video, the group comes face-to-face with Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who were played by Alex Moffatt and Mikey Day. "
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"The letter accused Blue Origin and Bezos of sacrificing safety in an effort to win the billionaire space race against Elon Musk and Richard Branson earlier this year. "
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic soared on Thursday after the Federal Aviation Administration cleared the space tourism startup to operate flights once again following a probe of Richard Branson's high-profile trip in July."
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"Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos - the Pilobolus brothers - have put their money where their sci-fi dreams are, following three generations of astronauts and cosmonauts."
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"This summer, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos each rode their own spaceships to the edge of space, a few dozen miles up."
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"Billionaire rivals such as Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc's (NYSE: SPCE) Sir Richard Branson have congratulated Musk and SpaceX for the successfulInspiration4 mission."
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"In July, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos flew brief suborbital flights to space aboard vehicles built by the space companies they founded."
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"Mr. Isaacman's public profile is far less prominent than that of Richard Branson or Jeff Bezos, two billionaires who flew to the edge of space in July in vehicles operated by companies they own. "
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"Isaacman is the third billionaire to launch this summer, following the brief space-skimming flights by Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos in July."
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"SpaceX's flightcomes two months after billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos each made brief suborbital trips to space on craft built and flown by the companies they founded, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. and Blue Origin LLC, respectively. "
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"It's also far more ambitious and risky than the minutes-long jaunts to the edge of space completed by two ultrarich business celebrities, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, in July."
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"After Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. founder Richard Branson flew to suborbital space in July, getting there ahead ofarch-rival Jeff Bezos in a triumphant mission broadcast to millions, his team was asked by a reporter whether there's "anything that needs to be addressed before [the spacecraft] flies again?"
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"The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing why SpaceShipTwo flew outside the area in which it was cleared by the agency during the trip to space that carried company founder Richard Branson and others. "
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"On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed a report in the New Yorker magazine that it's investigating a deviation during Virgin Galacatic's last flight on July 11, which carried company founder Richard Branson and three company employees."
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"Aviation regulators are investigating how Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.'s spacecraft returned to the ground after taking billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson to the edge of space, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said."
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"As Richard Branson was screaming towards the edge of space aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket plane, a red warning light came on in the cockpit."
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"Space-related headlines have mostly centered on British billionaire Richard Branson and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos racing to leave the Earth's atmosphere. "
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"Virgin Orbit, a private Richard Branson venture separate from Virgin Galactic, completed its first commercial mission in June."
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"But the "optics" of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos's excellent adventures were actually priceless: What better way to illustrate the skyrocketing pay gap between those who lead companies and those who build them?"
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.'s (SPCE) founder Sir Richard Branson has again sold another big stake in the space tourism company to fund his other projects."
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"Richard Branson sold about $300 million in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. stock, tapping his biggest listed asset again to prop up his business empire during the pandemic."
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"Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos sported a cowboy hat after landing and Richard Branson wore a blue Virgin Galactic jumpsuit he'd called "sexy."
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"The Virgin Galactic Chart: When Virgin Galactic completed its last successful test mission with Sir Richard Branson on board, the stock shot up to a new high of $57.51 before falling 42% over the next 12 trading days and losing a key resistance and support level at $33.73. "
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"The company founded by billionaire Richard Branson on Thursday also said it was reopening ticket sales for future trips, prioritizing those who have already expressed interest in buying a seat on a flight. "
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"The company's billionaire founder Sir Richard Branson promised to fly to space himself before opening up commercial operations, and last month, he made the trip."
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"The Las Cruces, New Mexico-based company is looking to build a space-tourism business after a successful test flight last month with founder Richard Branson and five Virgin Galactic employees aboard. "
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"Billionaires Sir Richard Branson and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos flew to space on Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) and Blue Origin spacecraft respectively, creating more interest in the space sector in 2021."
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE) drew attention around the world in July when its billionaire CEO Richard Branson became the first person to ride to space on a rocket he helped to fund. "
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"Last month, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos both took successful commercial flights to space, drawing global attention to the possibilities of space tourism."
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"Chloe & Theo, a scripted climate change feature film starring Dakota Johnson, Theo Ikummaq and Mira Sorvino, with producer Monica Ord and Exec Producers Richard Branson and John Paul Dejoria will be auctioning 10 unique NFTS!"
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"Virgin Galactic Q2 21 - 05/08 - Since Virgin Galactic reported its Q1 results in May, the share price has been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride, soaring back towards the highs of earlier this year, before almost halving in the aftermath of the successful test flight to the edge of space which saw Richard Branson ride shotgun. "
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"Right now, Bezos and fellow billionaire Richard Branson are the only two major entrepreneurs in the market of launching tourists to the edge of space. "
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"Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have drawn public attention to space tourism after they traveled to the edge of space this month, but it's unlikely the average person will get to visit space in the foreseeable future."
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"Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Virgin's Richard Branson blasted themselves into space this month, while SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's grand vision is colonizing Mars. "
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"Earlier this month, billionaire Richard Branson soared to 53.5 miles (86 km) above the Earth aboard a space plane, after it was carried to high altitude by another aircraft. "
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"Read more: As Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson blast off, here are 11 of the most exciting space startups according to VCs"
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"His trip comes just nine days after Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson charted the course with a similar trip aboard his VSS Unity rocket-powered spaceplane."
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"The suborbital journey is set to begin nine days after billionaire Richard Branson demonstrated his rival company's capabilities by boarding a Virgin Galactic vessel and taking a similar flight to a lower altitude of 53.5 miles, where passengers also experienced weightlessness. "
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"Blue Origin's space flight marks another milestone for the commercialization of space travel - a goal which Bezos, Musk, and Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson all share. "
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"If all goes well, Bezos will be one step closer in his quest to commercialize space travel, a goal shared by rivals Richard Branson and Elon Musk."
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"Billionaire space entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk have raised the public profile and plausibility of commercial space travel in recent years. "
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"The trip comes after Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made it to space last week, a landmark moment for the commercial space industry. "
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"Scientists say determining the boundaries of space is fuzzy, but billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have ignited the debate as they race to jump-start a space-tourism industry."
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"Why It Matters: Virgin Galactic, which dominated discussions on WSB since founder Sir Richard Branson flew to the edge of space on Sunday, saw the interest on the forum reduce with 207 mentions."
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. on Sunday completed a suborbital test flight with founder Richard Branson aboard. "
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"The announcement came one day after founder Richard Branson successfully flew with a crew of company employees to the edge of space in the VSS Unity space plane."
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"See Also: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Books A Flight With Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic"
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"Why It Matters: Virgin Galactic is seeing high interest from retail investors after the company's founder Sir Richard Branson successfully flew in space as a passenger on the company's Unity 22 spacecrafton Sunday. "
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"Around the markets, Virgin Galactic shares turned sharply lower after the company said it could sell up to $500 million worth of stock following a successful space test flight with founder Richard Branson on board."
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. shares came back to earth Monday, a day after founder Richard Branson and crewmates successfully flew into suborbital space. "
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"Richard Branson has acquired a stake in Seraphim Space Investment Trust Plc, the first venture capital fund focused on the space sector, as part of a 178 million-pound ($247 million) initial public offering."
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"The disclosure comes a day after founder Richard Branson briefly rocketed into space aboard Virgin's winged space plane for the first time in what was the company's highest-profile flight yet as it looks to begin taking up customers next year."
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic rose by as much as 9% in pre-market trading on Monday after the space company completed a successful space test flight with founder Richard Branson on board over the weekend."
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. shot up 6.0% in premarket trading Monday, a day after Founder Richard Branson and five crewmates successfully flew has gained 16.3%."
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"Virgin Galactic - Shares of the space company jumped 9% in premarket trading after CEO Richard Branson completed a long-awaited test flight to space on Sunday. "
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"On Sunday, British billionaire Richard Branson traveled to the thermosphere-54 miles above sea level-aboard his space plane VSS Unity. "
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. surged 7.3% in premarket trading Monday, a day after Founder Richard Branson and five crewmates successfully flew has gained 16.3%."
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"In premarket trading, Virgin Galactic jumped over 9% after the company launched founder Richard Branson to the edge of space over the weekend. "
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"This seminal moment for Virgin Galactic and Sir Richard Branson was witnessed by audiences globally. "
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"Why It Matters: Virgin Galactic is seeing high interest from retail investors after the company's founder Sir Richard Branson successfully flew in space as a passenger on the company's Unity 22 spacecraft on Sunday."
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"Fast forward to July 11th, when Virgin Group founder Richard Branson successfully completed a flight into space aboard the Unity 22. "
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"Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his crew members reached the edge of space on his Virgin Galactic spacecraft and safely returned to Earth."
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"Sir Richard Branson said, "I have dreamt about this moment since I was a child, but nothing could have prepared me for the view of Earth from space. "
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"Richard Branson and his crew members climbed 53.5 miles above the Earth's surface in the spacecraft."
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"Richard Branson sought a celebrity-studded event for his Virgin Galactic flight to space on Sunday and perhaps the biggest star among many was his friend Elon Musk, a fellow billionaire and space entrepreneur."
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"TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. - Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, beating out space-tourism company reached an altitude of about 53 miles over the New Mexico desert - enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth - and then safely glided to a runway landing."
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"Billionaire Richard Branson and five Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. employees are poised to take off on a test flight to space, a milestone for the company he founded in 2004 as it prepares to debut tourism trips next year."
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"This seminal moment for Virgin Galactic and Sir Richard Branson was witnessed by audiences around the world. "
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"Sir Richard Branson said: "I have dreamt about this moment since I was a child, but nothing could have prepared me for the view of Earth from space. "
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"British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space."
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"Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos on Saturday wished fellow billionaire Richard Branson luck ahead of his historic journey to the edge of space scheduled to take place Sunday."
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"Richard Branson plans to fly to the edge of space in his Virgin Galactic rocket plane on Sunday, finally fulfilling a goal he set for himself when the company was founded more than 15 years ago."
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"Around the markets, Virgin Galactic will be in focus as CEO Richard Branson this Sunday will be aboard a flight on the company's space plane that will carry a crew for the first time. "
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"While Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos claim they aren't in a race to be the first billionaire in space, a long list of wealthy people aim to be among the earliest A-listers to travel to the edge of the infinite."
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"Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin dismissed Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.'s rocket-powered spacecraft as nothing more than a "high altitude airplane." The vehicle won't even break a widely recognized boundary of where space begins when it carries Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson aloft on Sunday, Blue Origin said Friday in a tweet."
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"In the billionaire space race, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are using different methods. "
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"As Virgin Galactic finalizes plans for founder Richard Branson to join five others on a test flight to the edge of space on July 11, the British billionaire said his wife may be nervous about the launch but he himself wasn't the least bit afraid."
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"Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson poses for a portrait in his suite at the Broadmoor Hotel during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., April 11, 2019. "
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"Walton said a number of coming test flights, particularly the flight scheduled for July 11 in which founder Richard Branson will be on board and the opening of ticket sales, will provide support for the stock in the coming months. "
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings shares soared after founder Richard Branson said he will travel on the spaceflight company's test flight on July 11, days before Jeff Bezos' planned trip to space."
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"The shares of Virgin Galactic are performing excellently at Friday's pre-market trading session following news that billionaire founder Richard Branson will be onboard its planned July 11 space flight."
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"Space tourism firm Virgin Galactic announced yesterday that its founder Richard Branson would be on board its next test flight slated for July 11. "
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"Richard Branson is excited about this latest development after announcing it via a tweet yesterday. "
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"The news that Richard Branson will be onboard the latest Virgin Galactic spaceplane pushed the company's stock price higher this morning. "
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic (SPCE) are skyrocketing in pre-market trading after the space travel company announced founder Richard Branson plans to be aboard a planned July 11 space flight."
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"Virgin Galactic (SPCE) - Virgin Galactic shares soared 28.2% in the premarket after it announced that founder Richard Branson plans to be aboard a planned July 11 space flight. "
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"The company announced its next test flight, which will be fully crewed and carry founder and billionaire Sir Richard Branson into space."
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) will carry Sir Richard Branson in its first rocket powered flight into space carrying a full crew of two pilots and four passengers."
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"Richard Branson plans to fly to space on July 11, days before a similar trip by fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos. "
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"A company backed by British billionaire Richard Branson plans to build electric-vehicle charging hubs that can fuel a car with enough power in five minutes to drive 100 miles."
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"Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma, Richard Branson and Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP, all signed on to the fund's first round."
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"Virgin Galactic flawlessly launched a successful test flight, announced tentative plans to fly Richard Branson into space over July 4th weekend and just now won FAA approval for full operations. "
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"A Virgin Galactic analyst discussed the possibility of founder Sir Richard Branson flying into space in a new note."
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"The new FAA approval could expediate the company's timeline and lead to a rumored space flight for founder Sir Richard Branson in July. "
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"While the company has not yet updated its prior schedule, we believe it is pushing for Sir Richard Branson to be on the next crewed flight in early July," Canaccord Genuity analyst Ken Herbert said."
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"Amazon CEO Bezos, a lifelong space enthusiast, has been vying with Elon Musk and Richard Branson to become the first billionaire to fly beyond the earth's atmosphere."
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"A deal could value the company owned by Sir Richard Branson at $3 billion, according to Sky News."
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"There's a halo effect in this industry where top entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson all pouring their own private wealth into space," Bruegger added. "
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"Meanwhile, rival space entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson may try to beat Bezos to orbit by blasting off in a Virgin Galactic spaceship on July 4."
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"Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson may both have the edge of space in their sights next month."
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"One could easily imagine just sort of swapping the flights, or having Richard Branson fly in one of those four seats, just as a test subject, if you will," George Nield, a former associate administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, where he led its Office of Commercial Space Transportation, told Insider."
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"In my opinion, there is nothing preventing Richard Branson from also flying as a member of the flight crew," Nield said. "
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"Bezos, fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Richard Branson have been investing billions of dollars on their rocket startups, but Bezos will be the first of the three to actually travel into space on a rocket developed by his own company."
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"The interest of highly successful entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk, Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos is a huge indicator of the potential growth in this sector," said Robert Tull, president of Procure."
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. shares soared as much as 36% in premarket trading after the company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson conducted a test flight to space for the first time in more than two years."
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"The VSS Unity test flight from New Mexico on Saturday helps put the company back on its stated schedule of flying company founder Richard Branson to suborbital space as early as this summer, and resuming ticket sales."
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. surged after the space-tourism company said it would conduct a test flight of its VSS Unity spacecraft May 22, signaling progress for plans to fly founder Richard Branson this summer and eventually sign up more customers."
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"Virgin Galactic has said it plans to fly company founder Richard Branson this summer, and resume ticket sales after that event. "
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"He worked his way up to president of the firm's consumer long-distance business before being asked by Richard Branson to be the founding CEO of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. in 2001. "
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"Some 46.4% of schemes impersonating celebrity endorsements from the likes of billionaire Richard Branson came from servers owned by the Seattle-based tech giant Amazon.com Inc., which is a dominant player in the hosting market. "
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"The carrier founded and controlled by billionaire Richard Branson is counting down the days to the hoped-for resumption of lucrative trans-Atlantic flights after the pandemic pushed it into a court-supervised restructuring last year. "
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"The carrier controlled by billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is working toward the return to full capacity while awaiting details of U.K. plans to begin reopening travel from May, Chief Executive Officer Shai Weiss said Wednesday in a World Aviation Festival presentation."
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"But the same technique is merely an Easter Egg when incorporated into Barrington Pheloung's Inspector Morse theme, or Mike Oldfield's blunt instruction to Richard Branson hidden 48 minutes into Amarok - to say nothing of Jeep Morse-coding "sand snow rivers rocks" into a footrest."
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"One of them -- Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., a space tourism business that's backed by Richard Branson -- is down more than 50%. "
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"Shares of Virgin Galactic dropped by as much as 9% on Thursday after founder Richard Branson sold a $150 million stake in the company, according to an SEC filing."
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"Richard Branson sold about $150 million in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. stock, tapping his biggest listed asset again to prop up his business empire during the coronavirus pandemic."
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"Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has joined forces with other business leaders to launch a campaign to abolish capital punishment in the US and other countries."
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"Coates is the only woman among 17 U.K. billionaires on Bloomberg's wealth index, which includes Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and Joe Lewis, owner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club."
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"Previous investors, including Sir Richard Branson Family Office and Henkel board member Konstantin von Unger who also participated in the round. "
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"What they care about is who else is involved - the club - this is why Chamath and Richard Branson starting this whole thing off is important. "
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"A coalition of business leaders led by Richard Branson is organizing to abolish capital punishment across the world, with a focus on the U.S., amid a broader global push for racial and economic justice."
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"Bannister is of the same vein -- with a little of Richard Branson and his thirst for adventure mixed in: He talked about an upcoming hang gliding trip and has biked across South America."
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"Richard Branson is looking for a special-purpose acquisition company to merge with another of his space companies, according to a person familiar with the matter."
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"Wealthy businessmen from Virgin founder Richard Branson to German industrialist Heinz Hermann Thiele have sold stakes in their biggest listed assets. "
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"Many of the world's rich -- including Virgin founder Richard Branson and German industrialist Heinz Hermann Thiele -- have sold stakes in their biggest listed assets for liquidity or to diversify during the crisis. "
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"Tobin, who also chairs listed podcast firm Audioboom Group Plc and Bigblu Broadband Plc, follows in the footsteps of well-known British businessmen including Richard Branson in raising a SPAC. "
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"Richard Branson is expected to fly into space this year, but his fortune has already hit the stratosphere."
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"Richard Branson launched the Virgin Earth Challenge in 2007, offering $25 million for commercially viable machines that can remove significant amounts of COâ from the air for at least 10 years. "
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"Among the principal investors of BEV's first fund were Jeff Bezos of Amazon Inc., Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Ltd., Richard Branson of Virgin Group, Jack Ma of Alibaba Group, and hedge fund manager Chris Hohn. "
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"Billionaire founder Richard Branson also injected 200 million pounds raised through the sale of shares in his Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. space venture as part of a 1.2 billion-pound package."
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"After years of work and premature predictions, the first "ordinary" space adventurers are poised to take flight in 2021 withbillionaire Richard Branson inauguratingcommercial suborbital rides at Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. The company has told investors its spacecraft willcarry Branson from New Mexico in the first quarter and then commence services with a group of about 600 early customers who have paid as much as $250,000a ticket. "
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"Virgin Galactic said last month that it planned to take founder Richard Branson into space late in the first quarter of 2021, and to resume ticket sales after that."
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"Startups announcing test plants include Memphis Meats Inc., which has received backing from Richard Branson and Tyson Foods Inc., as well as cell-based seafood maker BlueNalu Inc. Aleph Farms Ltd., which this week hosted Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to taste its beefsteak, is also working on a pilot plant. "
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"Billionaires such as Richard Branson and Bill Ackman have also been drawn to SPACs."
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"Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. will resume ticket sales next year following the first flight carrying founder Richard Branson to space, a milestone intended to signal the beginning of the company's tourism trips."
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"Billionaire Richard Branson and a co-investor cashed out $274 million when his space tourism business, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.,went public last year via a SPAC. "
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"Billionaire Richard Branson and a co-investor cashed out $274 million when his space tourism business, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., went public last year via a SPAC. "
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"Bank of America Global Research and Susquehanna Financial Group on Monday both initiated coverage of the company founded by Richard Branson with buy-equivalent ratings. "
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"Richard Branson is on the hunt for his next big business opportunity after staving off a crisis in his empire of travel and leisure-focused companies hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic."
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"The brothers regularly attended Davos, counted Oprah Winfrey and Richard Branson among their mentors, and drew upon celebrities including Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to headline its massive youth rallies, known as WE Days, that were funded by major corporate donors."
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