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Private equity firm The Carlyle Group is discussing a $20 billion bid for Richard Branson's Virgin Media. [NYT]

1:30 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007, by abalk, 155 views, Comment
http://gawker.com/news/takeover-fever/-274216.php

Richard Branson moves in on Google girl

A disturbing moment from the TED conference captured by eBayer Pierre Omidyar's Flickr stream. Sergey Brin's fiancée Anne Wojcicki canoodling with the rebel billionaire himself, Sir Richard Branson. Such unseemly public head-rubbing.

1:00 PM on Mon Mar 12 2007, by Chris Mohney, 7,583 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/inappropriate/richard-branson-moves-in-on-google-girl-243497.php

Sir Richard Branson has dumped his Virigin Megastores — those emporia of old-school CDs — into the lap of Zavvi Entertainment Group. Stores in the United Kingdom will be rebranded "Zavvi" as early as November. Not even the ringle can...

6:46 PM on Mon Sep 17 2007, by Mary Jane Irwin, 230 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/acquisitions/-300769.php

Virgin chairman Richard Branson admits to having used cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, and, uh, Viagra: "I had to tie something around my trousers for the rest of the next day to make sure nothing showed." [Herald Sun]

3:40 PM on Mon Jul 30 2007, by abalk, 628 views, Comment
http://gawker.com/news/unpleasant-mental-images/-283807.php

"Troll Foiled in Hijack of Virgin Nonstop to Branson!"

[Mogul Richard Branson with Gossip Girls Leighton Meester and Chace Crawford at the opening of a Virgin Mega Store in Toronto today; image via Splash]

3:54 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008, by Richard, 2,371 views, Comment
http://gawker.com/356164/troll-foiled-in-hijack-of-virgin-nonstop-to-branson

Richard Branson gets a bit wet over Virgin America

We missed this the first time around: Virgin founder Richard Branson, touting the new San Francisco-based airline Virgin America, drenches Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert with a bottle of water. Whatever it takes, Sir Richard, as long as you...

6:36 PM on Thu Aug 23 2007, by Owen Thomas, 2,634 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/the-red_eye/richard-branson-gets-a-bit-wet-over-virgin-america-292918.php

Richard Branson, the best man Larry Page could find

British billionaire and Virgin founder Richard Branson is going to be the best man in this weekend's wedding of Google cofounder Larry Page and his fiancée, Lucy Southworth, according to Reuters. Really? Richard Branson? The loudmouth...

4:00 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007, by Megan McCarthy, 1,710 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/tech/larry-and-lucy/richard-branson-the-best-man-larry-page-could-find-330881.php

Freakonomics asks insiders Clifford Winston, Richard Branson, Gary Topping, Patrick Smith and Josh Marks about the state of the airline industry. [Freakonomics]

8:37 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007, by Meg Marco, 278 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/travel/-311673.php

Southwest Mini-Skirt Passenger Is Welcome On Virgin America

According to ABC News, Kyla Ebbert, the pantie-flashing patriot who was harassed by Southwest airlines has found a new best friend, Richard Branson.

11:31 AM on Fri Oct 12 2007, by Meg Marco, 10,906 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/happy-endings/southwest-mini+skirt-passenger-is-welcome-on-virgin-america-310043.php

Is Richard Branson a green hypocrite -- or just a bad businessman?

Ireland's Sunday Business Post savages Virgin chief Richard Branson for the $3 billion pledge he made two years ago to invest all the profits from his air and rail-transport businesses into cleantech. The Post notes that Branson's green...

1:40 PM on Mon Aug 4 2008, by Owen Thomas, 369 views, Comment
http://valleywag.com/5032797/is-richard-branson-a-green-hypocrite-++-or-just-a-bad-businessman