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Virgin Group
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British multinational branded venture capital conglomerate
Key facts
- Company type
- Private
- Industry
- Conglomerate
- Founded
- February 1970 ; 56 years ago ( 1970-02 )
- Founders
- Richard Branson Nik Powell
- Headquarters
- London , England, UK
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Key people
- Peter Norris ( chairman ) Josh Bayliss ( CEO )
- Products
- List Banking Broadcasting Books Commercial aviation Commercial spaceflight Consumer electronics Films Health care Health insurance Internet Insurance Jewellery Mobile phones Music Radio Rail Transport Retail Television Travel
- Revenue
- £16.6 billion (2019)
- Owner
- Richard Branson
- Number of employees
- ~71,000
- Website
- www .virgin .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- London
- Owned by
- Richard Branson
- Subsidiary
- Virgin Radio International
- Industry
- tourism industry
- Employees
- 69000
- Revenue
- 16600000000
- Stock exchange
- London Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- public company
- Official website
- www.virgin.com
- Image
- The Office (Virgin Atlantic Headquarters), Manor Royal, Crawley (August 2016).jpg
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- Category:Virgin Group
- owner of
- Virgin Trains
- Commons category
- Virgin Group
- inception
- 1970-02-00
- director / manager
- Richard Branson
- social media followers
- 250000
- location of formation
- London
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Encyclopedic overview
Virgin Group Limited is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate based in London, England, founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in February 1970. Virgin Group is recorded by Companies House as incorporated in 1989 and classified as a holding company, although its commercial activities began in the 1970s. The net worth of Virgin Group was estimated at £3 billion as of early 2023.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Virgin Group” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.