by Bower, Tom
and failed national lottery bid, 1
film and TV appearances, 1, 2
‘free publicity’ of space flight, 1, 2, 3, 4
hyperbole in US, 1
image as a hindrance, 1
interview technique, 1
misleading advertising, 1
newspaper advert on Northern
Rock, 1
photo-shoot in Euston, 1
The Project guerrilla stunt, 1
The Rebel Billionaire, 1
sails for Virgin Money, 1
San Francisco photograph, 1
tank in Times Square, 1
topless Virgin Mobile launch, 1
TV adverts for Virgin Money, 1, 2
value of F1 wins, 1, 2
saving mankind
banking as fairer wealth dist
ribution, 1, 2, 3, 4
drug decriminalisation, 1, 2
Elders, 1, 2, 3, 4
Global Zero, 1
offers half his wealth, 1
responsibility of wealth, 1, 2
spend on tackling world’s
problems, 1
Sudan visit with Carter, 1
as Virgin Care’s face on ceiling, 1
wins Media Control prize, 1
saving the planet
airline initiatives, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
attacks shipping, 1, 2
and ‘business as usual’, 1, 2
Carbon War Room, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
clean fuels for F1, 1, 2
contradictions of, 1, 2, 3, 4
criticism from green movement, 1, 2, 3
endorses ethanol, 1
Energy Future Coalition
appointment, 1
Gaia Capitalism Project, 1
at Global Sustainability Forum, 1
Heathrow third runway
support, 1, 2
inconsistent on aircraft
emissions, 1
initial lack of enthusiasm, 1
invests in biofuels, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
low-carbon-economy speech, 1
meeting with Gore, 1
on peak oil, 1, 2
public perception of RB as
green, 1, 2, 3, 4
recruits idealists, 1
San Francisco Terminal Two, 1
$3 billion pledge, 1, 2, 3
as UN ‘councillor’, 1
urges US government on oil, 1
use of bioethanol on trains, 1
Virgin Earth Challenge, 1, 2, 3, 4
Virgin Galactic as ‘green’, 1, 2, 3
Virgin Green Fund losses, 1
and Virgin Trains, 1, 2, 3
and Virgin Unite, 1
wildebeest initiative, 1
wealth
admits being tax exile, 1
Australian capital-gains tax, 1
borrowing from Credit Suisse, 1, 2
built on taxpayers’ backs, 1
buys real estate worldwide, 1
Cable queries tax status, 1
decline in, 1, 2
determines negotiating style, 1
dislikes rival tycoons, 1
Ecclestone overestimates, 1
fee for speeches, 1, 2, 3, 4
lack of, 1, 2
offshore deposits, 1, 2, 3
offshore management, 1
offshore ownership, 1
opinion on tax, 1
as publicity tool, 1
on Russian oligarchs, 1
sale of houses, 1, 2
sale of Virgin Atlantic, 1, 2
sale of Virgin Mobile, 1, 2, 3, 4
sale of Virgin Music, 1
secrecy of, 1, 2, 3
tax fraud, 1, 2, 3
tax-status restrictions, 1
‘uninterested’ in, 1, 2
US commentators exaggerate, 1
Virgin Group Holdings moves to Switzerland, 1
Branson, Sam (son), 1, 2, 3
Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship (Jamaica), 1
Branson School of Entrepreneurship (Johannesburg), 1
Brawn, Ross, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Brawn GP
Barcelona trials (2009), 1
Mercedes replaces Honda engine, 1
Virgin sponsors, 1
Virgin’s interest in, 1
wins championship (2009), 1
wins races (2009), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Brickner, Scott, 1
Brin, Sergey, 1
British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA), 1, 2
British Airways (BA)
AA alliance, 1, 2, 3
abandons Concorde, 1
better pay than Virgin Atlantic, 1
BMI purchase, 1
cargo cartel, 1, 2, 3
Iberia merger, 1
losses, 1, 2
Nigerian flights, 1
organic-waste fuel, 1
Passenger Fuel Surcharge conspiracy, 1, 2, 3, 4
RB’s attempts to humiliate, 1, 2
Terminal 5 chaos, 1, 2, 3
Virgin as relative minnow, 1
Virgin’s ‘dirty tricks’ litigation, 1, 2, 3, 4
British Rail, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
British Telecom (BT), 1, 2, 3
Brown, Gordon
and bank sell-offs, 1
encourages Virgin Health Bank, 1
and Murdoch, 1
RB on Far East tour, 1
RB’s closeness to, 1
vacillates over RB’s Northern Rock bid, 1, 2, 3, 4
Browne, John, 1
BSkyB
anti-Virgin adverts, 1
Competition Commission report, 1, 2
cuts programmes for Virgin, 1
RB sells stake in BSB, 1
RB takes on, 1
subscriber numbers, 1
Bulova, 1
Burch, Steve, 1
Burkle, Ron, 1, 2, 3
Burnett, Alan, 1, 2, 3
Burns, Iain, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Burrell, Richard, 1
Burt, Sir Peter, 1
Bush, George W., 1
Business Council for Britain, 1
Butamax, 1, 2, 3, 4
Button, Jenson, 1, 2, 3
Cable, Vince, 1, 2
Camelot, 1, 2, 3
Cameron, David, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Cameron, James, 1, 2, 3, 4
Campbell, Carolynne, 1, 2, 3, 4
Campbell, Naomi, 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1
Casino Royale (film), 1, 2
Cathay Pacific, 1
Cebriain, Al, 1, 2, 3, 4
Cellnet, 1
Channel 5 (TV station), 1
Channel Islands, 1
Chase, Randy, 1, 2
Cheglakov, Andrei, 1
Cheong, Choong Kong, 1
Church House Trust, 1
Cilion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
CircleLending, 1, 2
Citibank, 1
City of London
distrusts RB, 1, 2, 3, 4
RB takes on, 1
Virgin Direct’s PEPs, 1
Virgin Mobile flotation, 1
Clark, Christy, 1, 2
Clark, Dave, 1
Clementi, David, 1
Climate Group, 1, 2, 3, 4
Clinton, Bill, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Clinton, Hillary, 1, 2, 3, 4
Clinton Global Initiative, 1, 2, 3, 4
Clinton Institute, 1
Coca-Cola, 1
Cohen, Ben, 1
Colby, Luke, 1, 2
Collins, Tony
compensation from Railtrack, 1, 2
F1 interest, 1
as Virgin negotiator, 1, 2
and West Coast franchise, 1, 2, 3
Columbus, Christopher, 1
Competition Commission (UK), 1
Competition and Consumer
Commission (Australia), 1
Conservative/Lib Dem coalition (2010–)
RB seeks action on oil cartel, 1
RB supports, 1
and West Coast franchise, 1, 2, 3, 4
Corbett, Ge
rald, 1, 2, 3
Corrigan, Chris, 1
Cowell, Simon, 1
credit crunch see financial crisis
Credit Suisse, 1, 2
Cricket (personal trust), 1
Cross Country franchise, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Crowe, Bob, 1
CVC Capital Partners, 1
Cyrus Capital Partners, 1
The Daily (iPad newspaper), 1, 2
Daly, Geoff, 1, 2, 3
Darling, Alistair, 1, 2, 3, 4
Darnell, Mike, 1
Darzi, Lord Ara, 1
De Niro, Robert, 1
Delta Air Lines, 1, 2, 3, 4
Department of Energy, 1
Department of Health, 1
Department of Trade and Industry, 1
Department of Transport, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Derek, Bo, 1
Deutsche Telekom, 1, 2
Diamond, Neil, 1
Directly Operated Railways (DOR), 1
DirecTV, 1
Donaldson, Giovanni, 1, 2, 3
Dubai International, 1
Duffell, Ian, 1
Duffy, Simon, 1
Dupont, 1
Eales, Darryl, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
East Coast line, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
easyJet, 1, 2, 3, 4
Ecclestone, Bernie, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Eddington, Sir Rod, 1, 2, 3, 4
Edmonds, John, 1, 2, 3
Edwards Air Force Base, 1
Effective Cosmetics, 1
EMI, 1, 2
Emirates (airline), 1
Emmerson, Ben, 1
Energy Future Coalition, 1, 2, 3
Enterprise, VSS, 1, 2, 3, 4
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1
environmentalism
Earth Hour, 1
ethanol as problem, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
ethanol as solution, 1
Gore-RB meeting, 1
Gore’s film, 1, 2
Khosla’s losses, 1
Lovelock’s space dream, 1
non-ethanol biofuels, 1, 2, 3
Schwarzenegger as ‘Emissions Terminator’, 1
shipping’s carbon footprint, 1, 2
solar industries, 1, 2
Stern Report, 1, 2
UN Copenhagen conference (2009), 1, 2
US military’s commitment on oil, 1
see also under Branson, Sir Richard; oil
Ernst & Young, 1
Etihad, 1
Eurostar, 1
Evans, Christopher, 1, 2
Express Newspapers, 1
Farrow, Mia, 1
FBI, 1
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), 1, 2, 3, 4
Ferrari team, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Fields, Randolph, 1, 2, 3
financial crisis (2007–8)
first signs of, 1
F1 as ‘panacea’, 1
and green business, 1, 2, 3
hits Virgin hard, 1, 2
Honda leaves F1, 1
opportunities for Virgin, 1
RB relaunches Virgin Money US, 1
Virgin Atlantic’s losses, 1, 2
Virgin Blue’s losses, 1
Financial Services Authority (FSA), 1
FirstGroup, 1, 2, 3, 4
Flannery, Tim, 1, 2, 3
Forbes magazine, 1, 2, 3
Formula One
Abu Dhabi GP (2010), 1
Australian GP (2009), 1
Bahrain GP (2000), 1
Barcelona trials (2009), 1
British GP (2009), 1
cost of running team, 1, 2, 3
Honda’s departure, 1
Malaysian GP (2009), 1
Monaco GP (2009), 1
Monaco GP (2010), 1
Mosley’s budget–limit plans, 1, 2, 3
Singapore GP (2010), 1
Turkish GP (2009), 1
see also Brawn GP; Virgin Racing; and under Branson, Sir Richard
Fossett, Steve, 1, 2
Foster, Norman, 1, 2
Fox, Martha Lane, 1
Fox, Vicente, 1
Fox TV, 1, 2, 3
Friends (TV series), 1
Friends of the Earth, 1, 2
Fry, Nick, 1, 2
Fuentes, Carlos, 1
Furze-Waddock, Paul, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Gadhia, Jayne-Anne
lacks banking experience, 1, 2
manages Virgin One, 1
negotiates on Northern Rock, 1, 2, 3
promotes Virgin Money, 1
returns to Virgin, 1
Virgin Money as pure bank, 1
Gaia Capitalism Project, 1
Galactic Girl (RB’s jet), 1, 2, 3, 4
Gates, Bill, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Gatwick airport, 1
Gazzard, Jeff, 1
General Electric, 1
Gevo, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Global Commission on Drug Policy, 1
Global Sustainability Forum, 1
Global Zero, 1
Godfrey, Brett, 1, 2
Goh, Choon Phong, 1
Goldman Sachs, 1
Goldwater, Barry, 1
Goodstuff, 1
Goodwin, Fred, 1
Google, 1, 2
Gore, Al, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Gormley, Rowan, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Gotham Entertainment, 1
Graystone Solutions Inc., 1
Great Western line, 1
Greater Rochester Enterprise, 1
Green, Chris, 1, 2, 3
Green, Philip, 1
Green Road Technologies, 1
Greening, Justine, 1, 2
Griffiths, Martin, 1
Gromov, Rotislav, 1
Grubesic, John, 1
Grundy, Mark, 1
Gyngell, Kathy, 1
Haidar, Bassim, 1
Hammond, Scott, 1
Hanks, Tom, 1
Hansen, James, 1
Hardiman, Polly, 1, 2
Harvey, Emma, 1
Hassan, Basil, 1, 2
Hatfield rail crash (2000), 1, 2
Hawking, Stephen, 1, 2
Hazmat, 1
HBOS, 1, 2
Heathrow airport
celebrity photo scandal, 1
raids on BA offices, 1
RB against BA/AA alliance, 1
RB persuades on converting waste to fuel, 1
RB supports third runway, 1, 2
RB’s biofuel stunt, 1
slot ownership, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Terminal 1 chaos, 2, 3, 4
Virgin Atlantic loses protection, 1, 2
Henderson, 1
Herbert Smith (solicitors), 1, 2, 3
Hill, Vernon, 1
Hinchliffe, Peter, 1, 2, 3
Ho, Edmund, 1
Holmgren, Jennifer, 1
Homans, Rick
confidence in Spaceport America, 1
on RB, 1
RB entertains on Necker, 1
vision for Spaceport, 1
writes RB’s speech, 1
Honda Racing, 1, 2, 3
House of Commons Transport Committee, 1, 2
Howard, Stephen, 1
HS2, 1, 2
Huff, Bill, 1
Hurricane Katrina, 1
Al Husseiny, Mohamed, 1
Iberia, 1
Ibrahim, Jimoh, 1
Imperium Renewables, 1
An Inconvenient Truth (film), 1, 2
Interbrand, 1
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 1
International Air Transport Association (IATA), 1
International Maritime Organization (IMO), 1, 2, 3
International Space Station, 1, 2, 3, 4
internet
anti-Virgin campaign, 1
banking, 1
and CircleLending, 1
unifying all Virgin brands, 1, 2
Virgin Connect, 1
on Virgin Trains, 1
Virgin’s failure to u
tilise, 1, 2, 3, 4
for Virgin’s iPad magazine see The Project
Invesco Perpetual, 1
ITV, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
J. C. Flowers, 1
J. P. Morgan, 1, 2, 3
Jackson, Lisa, 1
JetBlue Airways, 1
Jetstar Airways, 1
Jobs, Steve, 1, 2, 3
John F. Kennedy Airport, 1, 2
Kenyan Tourist Federation, 1
Khosla, Vinod
abandons ethanol plants, 1
ethanol pledge, 1
as ‘ethanolite’ with top Democrats, 1, 2, 3
ignores critics of ethanol, 1
inexperience with ethanol, 1
LanzaTech investment, 1
losses and insolvencies, 1, 2
pine-tree ethanol, 1, 2
as RB’s link with Blair, 1
skill with state subsidies, 1, 2
solar industries, 1
Kidlington Mill, Oxfordshire (RB’s estate), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
King, Sir David, 1
King, John, 1, 2, 3
King, Sean, 1, 2, 3, 4
Knight, Alan, 1
Knowles, Anna, 1, 2
Kreeger, Craig, 1
Kutcher, Ashton, 1
Kwarteng, Kwasi, 1
Labour government (1997–2010)
appoints director of railways, 1
dissolves SRA, 1
FirstGroup awarded Great Western franchise, 1
loan to Northern Rock, 1
Murdoch’s breakfast offers, 1
NHS reorganisation, 1, 2
Prescott on RB, 1
RB endorses, 1
RB objects to Murdoch’s ITV stake, 1, 2
RB switches to Tories, 1
RB wants money for trains, 1
and RB’s bid for Northern Rock, 1, 2, 3, 4
supports Murdoch on ITV, 1
turns against Railtrack, 1
Laidlaw, Sam, 1
Landeene, Steve, 1
Lanigan, Mark, 1
LanzaTech, 1, 2
lastminute.com, 1
Latham, Richard, 1, 2, 3, 4
Lauda, Niki, 1
Leggett, Jeremy, 1
Lendia, 1
Liberty Global, 1
Lionheart (yacht), 1
Little, Paul, 1, 2
Llewellyn, Ed, 1
Llosa, Mario Vargas, 1
Lloyds Bank, 1, 2
Lloyds Development Capital (LDC), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Locke, Gary, 1
London Underground, 1, 2, 3, 4
Los Angeles International Airport, 1
Lovelock, James, 1, 2, 3, 4
LoveSac Corporation, 1
Lowdon, Graeme, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Lufthansa, 1, 2, 3
M&G, 1
McCall, Patrick, 1, 2, 3, 4
McCallum, Gordon
conservatism of, 1
criticises RB on Virgin Mobile sale, 1
sceptical about F1, 1, 2, 3, 4
as shadowy, 1
suggests Virgin Mobile, 1
Tantum pitch, 1
unenthused by The Project, 1, 2
and Virgin Care, 1, 2, 3, 4
Virgin Mobile flotation, 1
McCarthy, Rory and Tim, 1, 2
Mackay, David, 1, 2
Mackenzie, Donald, 1
McLaren team, 1