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VGC-1ST ASTRONAUT PILOT - 2011-10
VGC-GEORGE WHITESIDES-CEO
SIR RICHARD BRANSON, FOUNDER, & EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, THE VIRGIN GROUP.
Richard Branson was born in 1950 and was educated at Stowe School. It was at this school that he began to set up "Student Magazine" when he was just 16. By 17, he'd also set up Student Advisory Centre, which was a charity to help young people.
In 1970, he founded "Virgin" as a mail order record retailer, and not long after, he opened a record shop in Oxford Street, London. During 1972, a recording studio was built in Oxfordshire, and the 1st Virgin artist, Mike Oldfield recorded "Tubular Bells," which was released in 1973. This album went on to sell >5 million copies! Since then, many household names, including Belinda Carlisle, Genesis, Phil Collins, Janet Jackson, and The Rolling Stones have helped to make Virgin Music one of the top 6 record companies in the world. The equity of Virgin Music Group (record labels, music publishing, and recording studios) was sold to THORN (EMI) in 1992 in a US$1 billion deal.
The Virgin Group has now expanded into international music Megastores, air travel, mobile, financial, retail, music, internet, drinks, rail, hotels and leisure, with around 200 companies in >30 countries.
Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA), formed in 1984 is now the 2nd largest British long haul international airline and operates a fleet of 747 and A340 airplanes to New York, Miami, Boston, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Las Vegas, Delhi, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Shanghai, and the Caribbean. (VAA) is based on the concept of offering a competitive and high quality Upper Class (F), Premium Economy (PY), and Economy (Y) service. (VAA) has won many major awards, including "Airline of the Year" award several times.
During 1997, Virgin took over Britain's 2 most run-down rail franchises, CrossCountry and the West Coast Main Line. (VAA) is currently engaged in a £2billion fleet replacement program.
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