Virgin Group
Type	Private (Limited liability)
Founded	UK (Incorporation: 1989)
Headquarters	London, England, UK
Key people	Richard Branson, Chairman Stephen Murphy, CEO Susannah Parden, CFO
Products	Beverages Airlines Trains Games Financial services Internet Cable TV Music Cosmetics & Jewellery Homeware Retail Mobile phones
Revenue	US$20 billion ▲ (2006)[1]
Employees	35,000
Website	www.virgin.com

Virgin Group Ltd is a conglomeration of separately run companies that each use the Virgin brand of British celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle, among others. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding company; however Virgin's business and trading activities date to the 1970s. A limited company by shares (limited or Ltd. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... CFO redirects here. ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... For other uses, see Train (disambiguation). ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... For the tax agency in Ireland of the same name, see Revenue Commissioners. ... USD redirects here. ... This article is about work. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A Conglomerate is the term used to describe a large corporation that consists of diverse divisions. ... Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Companies House is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Government Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). ... For the band, see Big Brother and the Holding Company. ...

Although Branson retains complete ownership and control of the Virgin Brand, the commercial set up of companies using it is varied and complex. The group is sometimes perceived as a conglomerate, but this is not in fact the case. Each of the companies operating under the Virgin brand are separate entities, with some being wholly owned by Branson, while he holds minority or majority stakes in others. Occasionally, he simply licenses the brand to a company that has purchased a division from him, such as Virgin Radio (now part of SMG plc) and Virgin Music (now part of EMI). With a few exceptions, all of the companies began as wholly owned Virgin subsidiaries. Conglomerate is the term used to describe a large company which consists of divisions of often seemingly unrelated businesses. ... For the French radio station, see Virgin Radio (France). ... SMG plc (formerly Scottish Media Group) is a Scottish media company. ... Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ...

Virgin brands (under various ownership)

Further information: List of Richard Branson's business ventures

• AirAsia X — long-haul budget airline operating from Malaysia (20% owned by Virgin Group)
• Oüı FM — rock radio station in France and Asia
• V Festival — two-day music festival held in two separate locations in the United Kingdom
  • V Festival (Australia) — an Australian version of the V Festival
  • Virgin Festival — a North American version of the V Festival
• Virgin Active — a health club chain in South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Italy and the UK
• Virgin America — a United States budget airline based at San Francisco International Airport
• Virgin Atlantic Airways — an international carrier based at Heathrow Airport, London
• Virgin Balloon Flights — a hot air balloon operator
• Virgin Blue — an Australian-based budget airline operating in the South Pacific
  • Blue Holidays — The holiday program of Virgin Blue, now a joint venture between Virgin Blue and Zuji
  • Pacific Blue — a Virgin Blue subsidiary based in New Zealand
  • Polynesian Blue — a Virgin Blue subsidiary based in Samoa
  • V Australia — a planned Virgin Blue international subsidiary set to offer flights between Australia and the USA
• Virgin Books — publisher, retailer and distributor of books
• Virgin Brides — bridal wear shop in Manchester, UK
• Virgin Charter — a private jet online marketplace
• Virgin Comics — comic book producer
• Virgin Vie At Home — retailer of cosmetics, jewellery and homeware through internet, direct selling and Virgin Vie stores
• Virgin Drinks — drink manufacturer
  • Virgin Cola — carbonated cola soft drink
  • Virgin Vodka — alcoholic beverage
• Virgin Experience Days — corporate and consumer experience events
• Virgin Flowers — Internet florist
• Virgin Galactic — a venture to market and operate commercial space flights, using spacecraft designed by Scaled Composites
• Virgin Games — online games and gambling
• Virgin Green Fund (originally known as Virgin Fuels) — venture capital firm for investing in petroleum alternatives
• Virgin Health Bank^[2] — a business enabling parents—to—be to store their baby's stem cells
• Virgin Holidays — UK travel agency and tour operator for worldwide destinations served by Virgin Atlantic and its partner companies
  • Virgin Holidays Cruises — UK cruise holiday agent
• Virgin Limited Edition — exclusive hotel operator
  • Kasbah Tamadot — exclusive Moroccan holiday destination
  • Lady B — luxurious Catamaran available for Caribbean charters
  • The Lodge — ski lodge
  • Natirar — private spa located in Somerset County, New Jersey
  • Necker Island — exclusive island in British Virgin Islands for private hire
  • The Roof Gardens and Babylon — 1.5 acres open air gardens, venue, nightclub and restaurant in Kensington, London
  • Ulusaba — exclusive game reserve in South Africa
• Virgin Limobike — passenger bike service in London
• Virgin Limousines — chauffeured limousine service in San Francisco and Northern California
• Virgin Media — provider or home telephone, cable television, broadband and mobile services to the United Kingdom
• Virgin Media Television — a British television network, made up of Virgin 1, Trouble, Bravo, Living TV & 50% stake in UKTV
  • Virgin 1 — a general entertainment channel on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky Digital
• Virgin Mobile — brand used by several companies providing mobile phone service around the world
  • Virgin Mobile UK — provides mobile phone service in the United Kingdom, now part of Virgin Media
  • Virgin Mobile Australia — provider of mobile phone service in Australia
  • Virgin Mobile Canada — provider of mobile phone service in Canada
  • Virgin Mobile South Africa — provider of mobile phone service in South Africa
  • Virgin Mobile USA — provider of mobile phone service in the United States
  • Virgin Mobile France — provider of mobile phone service in France
  • Virgin Mobile India — provider of mobile phone service in India
• Virgin Money — providers of financial services
  • Virgin Credit Card
• Virgin Nigeria — international, regional and domestic Nigerian airline
• Virgin Play — a video game promoter, distributor and marketer in Spain
• Virgin Radio — (now owned by SMG plc) British commercial radio station broadcast on AM, FM (London only), DAB, internet, Digital TV
  • Virgin Radio Asia — collection of station operating in India and Thailand including Virgin Soft, Hitz, Easy FM and Oui
  • Virgin Radio Classic Rock — (SMG plc) classic rock station broadcast on DAB, internet and Satellite TV
  • Virgin Radio (France) — a rebranding of the "Europe 2" radio station
  • Virgin Radio Groove — (SMG plc) soul, motown and disco music station broadcast on DAB, internet and Satellite TV
  • Virgin Radio Italy — An Italian radio station
  • Virgin Radio Xtreme — (SMG plc) rock station aimed at teenage males broadcast on DAB, internet and Satellite TV
• Virgin Records — record label now owned by EMI
• Virgin Spa — shop chain retailing Virgin Cosmetics product
• Virgin Trains — a railway operator in the United Kingdom
• Virgin Unite — charitable foundation
• Virgin Vacations — U.S. travel agency
• Virgin Vines — A Californian—based company, created in 2005 and producer of Red and White wines
• Virgin Voucher — staff incentive scheme
• Virgin Ware — clothes brand and retailer

This is a list of Richard Bransons business ventures from the 1960s to the 1988 // 1960s 1968 - Branson publishes the first issue of Student Magazine. ... AirAsia X, is a new long haul budget airline operated by AirAsia X Sdn. ... Oüı FM is a radio station from the Virgin Radio International stable. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... For the North American spin-off of the rock festival, see Virgin Festival For the Australian spin-off, see V Festival (Australia) The V Festival is an annual music festival in England, the first to be held simultaneously at two sites - currently Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in... The Australian V Festival is an Australian music festival, and a spin-off of the British V Festival. ... For the original rock festival held in England, see V Festival Virgin Festival is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada, a spin-off from the V Festival held in the UK. In North America the Virgin name is used in full to increase brand association, compared... Virgin Active is a chain of health clubs in South Africa, Italy and Great Britain. ... Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops Gym is a shortened form of gymnasium referring to facilities intended for indoor sports or exercise. ... Virgin America is a U.S. based low-cost airline that began service on 8 August 2007. ... FAA diagram of SFO For the television series, see San Francisco International Airport (TV series). ... Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... Virgin Balloon Flights The Virgin Balloon Flights started in 1987, by flying hot air balloons and are still flown in the famous red balloons with the famous Virgin Group logo on the side of the balloon. ... Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian low-cost airline and Australias second-biggest airline. ... Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian low-cost airline and Australias second-biggest airline. ... A Pacific Blue 737-800 at Auckland International Airport For other uses, see Pacific Blue (disambiguation). ... Polynesian Blue is a Virgin Group airline, which flies between Samoa, Australia and New Zealand. ... V Australia is a long haul international airline owned by Virgin Blue Holdings Limited, expected to begin flights between Australia and the west coast of the United States in the last quarter of 2008. ... Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. ... Virgin Brides is the Virgin Groups wedding store company. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Devi Snakewoman The Sadhu Ramayana Reborn Seven Brothers End of Story Five upcoming titles Promotional poster Virgin Comics LLC is a comic book company, which produces Indian-related comics for an international audience. ... Virgin Drinks is a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Richard Branson. ... Virgin Cola is a carbonated cola soft drink produced by Virgin Drinks, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Sir Richard Branson. ... Virgin Vodka is an alcoholic beverage produced by Virgin Drinks, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Richard Branson. ... Virgin Experience days are part of the Virgin Group. ... Virgin Galactic is a company within Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Group, which plans to offer sub-orbital spaceflights and later orbital spaceflights to the paying public. ... Scaled Composites (often abbreviated as Scaled), formerly the Rutan Aircraft Factory, is located at the Mojave Spaceport, Mojave, California, United States and is headed by aircraft designer Burt Rutan. ... Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. ... Virgin Fuel is a rumoured clean fuel that is being developed by Richard Bransons Virgin Group. ... Virgin Health Bank, launched in 2007, is one of the newest Virgin Group ventures. ... Virgin Holidays is a company within Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Group with a vision to provide the ‘best holidays in the whole wide world’. The company was formed in 1985 a year after the successful launch of Virgin Atlantic Airways in June 1984. ... Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. ... Virgin Limited Edition, part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group of business ventures, is a collection of vacation retreats around the world. ... It has been suggested that Catamaran History be merged into this article or section. ... West Indies redirects here. ... Natirar 491 acres (2 km²) is an estate spanning Peapack-Gladstone, Far Hills and Bedminster, New Jersey. ... Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Necker Island is a small island in the British Virgin Islands just north of Virgin Gorda, located at . It is owned by Sir Richard Branson, famous for his Virgin brand. ... Kensington Roof Gardens (formerly known as Derry and Toms Roof Gardens) is a roof garden covering 1. ... For other uses, see Kensington (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Owned by Sir Richard Branson as part of the Virgin Limited Edition property portfolio, Ulusaba Private Game Reserve is located in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve bordering the Kruger National Park in South Africa. ... Virgin Limobike is a taxi service in London designed to help people get around the city and avoid traffic. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Virgin Limousines is a limousine service, mostly operated in America and Canada. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) is a British television company and is entirely owned by the British cable company Virgin Media (previously known as NTL and Telewest) and acts as its television programme production arm. ... Trouble is a television station in the UK and Republic of Ireland, owned by Virgin Media Television. ... Bravo is a British television channel, owned by Virgin Media Television. ... LIVINGtv is a British television channel owned by Flextech. ... This article is about the UKTV network of channels in the UK and Ireland. ... This article is about the television channel. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... For a wider corporate history and profile, see British Sky Broadcasting. ... The Virgin Mobile Worldwide logo. ... Virgin Mobile UK is a mobile phone service provider operating in the United Kingdom. ... Virgin Mobile Australia (VMA) is a mobile phone company based in Sydney, Australia. ... Phone kiosk in Edmonton. ... Virgin Mobile South Africa is a joint-venture between Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Group and Cell C. Virgin Mobile South Africa launched in 2006. ... Virgin Mobile USA is the US subsidiary of Britains Virgin Mobile. ... Virgin Mobile France is a cellular telephone company owned by Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Group. ... The Range of colors the Virgin Credit Card is available in. ... The Range of colors the Virgin Credit Card is available in. ... Virgin Nigeria is the new national flag carrier of Nigeria. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... For the French radio station, see Virgin Radio (France). ... SMG plc (formerly Scottish Media Group) is a Scottish media company. ... A sister station to Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Classic Rock is a radio station broadcasting to London via DAB, Virgin Media, Sky Digital and worldwide on the internet. ... SMG plc (formerly Scottish Media Group) is a Scottish media company. ... A sister station to Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Groove is a radio station broadcasting to worldwide on the internet. ... SMG plc (formerly Scottish Media Group) is a Scottish media company. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Virgin Radio Xtreme is a Digital radio station in the United Kingdom. ... SMG plc (formerly Scottish Media Group) is a Scottish media company. ... Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... One of the ventures launched by Richard Bransons Virgin Group, in 1997. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the North West, West Midlands and Scotland on the West Coast Main Line. ... Virgin Unite is the working name of The Virgin Foundation, the independent charitable arm of the Virgin Group. ... Virgin Vacations was initially established in 1994 as the inclusive tour arm of Virgin Atlantic Airways featuring land components in combination with Virgin Atlantic air to London. ... Virgin Vines is a wine company created by the Virgin Group. ...

See also

• Heaven - Nightclub formerly owned by Branson
• List of Richard Branson's business ventures

Heaven is a nightclub in London, England which appeals predominantly (but not exclusively) to the gay market. ... This is a list of Richard Bransons business ventures from the 1960s to the 1988 // 1960s 1968 - Branson publishes the first issue of Student Magazine. ...

References

External links

• Official Website of Virgin Group

Business data

• Virgin Group Ltd. at Google Finance
• Virgin Group Ltd. at Yahoo Finance
• Virgin Group Ltd. at Hoover's