Sir Richard Branson gives that little personal touch to Tony Fernandes from Air Asia – Photo: Adam Lee, Air Asia In 2010 two Formula 1 Race team owners made a bet between each other over who would finishing higher in the Constructors’ Championship. The two owners were Sir Richard Branson, owner of the [...]
Virgin Atlantic has dived to its worst annual loss - blaming tough economic conditions.The airline, founded by Sir Richard Branson, lost £93m in the year to the end of February, worse than the £80m loss it reported a year earlier.Its...Show More Summary
Richard Branson lost a bet in 2010, and finally made good on his promise to don heavy makeup and full drag. His sense of humor is a lesson to all founders and CEOs!
What do you do for fun when you’re a billionaire with a Formula One team? Well, you make ludicrous bets with other team owners. Sir Richard Branson recently lost a bet to Tony Fernandes and had to dress in drag aboard an Air Asia flight. Branson writes in his blog that he made a bet [...] Sir Richard Branson Dresses In Drag After Losing A Bet is a post from: The Inquisitr
Yesterday, the British billionaire behind the Virgin Atlantic empire was caught at the Perth airport in serious "stewardess" drag — and it wasn't even for his own airline. According to CNN International, Sir Branson lost a bet to AirAsia's group chief Tony Fernandes over whose Formula One racing team would
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Sir Richard Branson might be “sir” and founder of the Virgin Airlines empire, but he’s not one to rely on all those piles of money to save him when he loses a bet. After wagering against AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes and coming out a loser, he donned the garb of a female flight attendant and got to work. Dressed in … [More]
Passengers aboard an AirAsia flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur were treated to the sight of Virgin mogul Richard Branson in drag. Branson lost a Formula One racing bet with AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes in 2010 and paid it off...
Bob Riha Jr., Virgin American via Getty ImagesVirgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson poses with Virgin America flight attendants during an April 2013 promotional event.
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Richard Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group and real life Scrooge McDuck, lost a bet to fellow wacky billionaire, Tony Fernandes and the result is Lindsay Lohan in 10 years if she doesn’t take care of herself. There are many questions that arise from this, but the one we just can’t get past: [...]
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 12: Sir Richard Branson serves drinks to Tony Fernandes prior to their flight to Kuala Lumpur at Perth International Airport on May 12, 2013 in Perth, Australia. Branson lost a friendly bet to Fernandez after wagering...Show More Summary
Australia’s strict bike helmet laws made headlines around the world this week when Adelaide police stopped Virgin CEO Sir Richard Branson from riding his bicycle without a helmet. Despite being caught red-handed, the billionaire business magnate was let off with a warning. Show More Summary
Summary: Excuse us for taking a timeout to note this recognition of the importance of public relations by Sir Richard Branson, spoken a couple of days ago in Australia: "The head of PR," said Branson, "is perhaps one of the most important people in a company and a good chairman will have them by their side. Show More Summary
Check out three ambitious companies focused on intergalactic innovation--and one expert's forecast for what's next in space. High-profile intergalactic projects such as Elon Musk's Space X and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic have helped bring space travel (read: space commerce) to the mainstream. Show More Summary
Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew will soon have a new neighbor at Spaceport America, as SpaceX has just signed a three-year lease to the facility. Central to the agreement, SpaceX will move its Grasshopper reusable rocket...Show More Summary
Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin brand represent a rock ‘n’ roll ethos which is represented by the clothes his staffs wear. Virgin Atlantic decided to update and redesign the uniform of its staff and so Mr. Branson hired Dame Vivienne Westwood for the project. Her brief was to design a range of uniforms that [...]Show More Summary
Virgin Atlantic announced this morning that everyone's favorite fiery-haired (fiery-mouthed) British punk fashion designer, Dame Vivienne Westwood, has stepped aboard the Branson enterprise. Westwood partnered up with Sir Richard Branson to redesign the airline' uniforms, which hadn't been refurbished in over a decade (and, according to Branson, had started to get
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It's been a particularly good week for Sir Richard Branson. SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital peoplecarrier broke the sound barrier for the first time, and Virgin America began service into San Jose, California. Sir Richard...Show More Summary
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic - the world’s first commercial spaceline - just announced that its SpaceShipTwo (SS2) successfully conducted its first rocket-powered flight. The test, which saw the rocket-powered spacecraft break the sound barrier,
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic made history Monday, announcing that its SpaceShipTwo (SS2) space vehicle has successfully completed its first supersonic, rocket-powered test flight.
At 7:02 a.m. local time, SS2's mothership --...Show More Summary
HotelChatter Exclusive On the heels of our 2013 Hotel WiFi Report, we've got some very good news from the upcoming Virgin Hotels. The hip four-star hotels from Sir Richard Branson's Virgin company will be offering not just free WiFi in their hotels but "secure, reliable and fast" WiFi. Show More Summary