Richard Branson’s Island

By: envious Mood: full of life Date: 02/14/2008 22:53:36 Music: None

Sir Richard Branson was born in Surrey in the UK and has since become one of the richest men alive. He is Chairman of the Virgin Group and has earned a huge amount of money with his business ventures. This money has been spent in many ways and he has been known to found charity organisations in South Africa. However, he hasn’t held back in extreme purchases. He went on holiday to the Caribbean 25 years or so a go and fell in love with a small island which he subsequently bought for himself.
The islands visitors include, George Michael, Michael Douglas, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Prince Charles. This is no place for the average earner, it is rented out as a whole to each family that visits except when they have “celebration weeks” where the island is rented to more than one family at a time. You can imagine that it is probably not in the average person’s price range.
Branson has been involved in several world record attempts, the most famous probably being when he tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the quickest time possible. In 1991, Branson also crossed the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Arctic Canada breaking all previous records, reaching speeds of up to 245mph in a balloon.

He married Joan Templeman in 1989 and has two children, Holly and Sam. He was knighted in 1999 for "services to entrepreneurship". He has been ranked in 2007's Time Magazine for the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is definitely someone to envy due to his business expertise and millions of dollars.