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The Manor Studio, Richard Branson's recording studio in the manor house at the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire. In 1972, using money earned from his record store, Branson launched the record label Virgin Records with Nik Powell. The name "Virgin" was suggested by one of Branson's early employees because they were all new at ...
Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group.They were originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman.
Branson has described the "V" in the logo as an expressive tick, representing the Virgin seal of approval. [4] The original logo from 1973 was a completely different design intended to be used for the record company that was founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell. The logo was designed by British science-fiction artist and designer Roger ...
V2 Benelux was founded by Richard Branson in 1997 as part of the V2 International group with affiliates in USA, UK, Scandinavia, Germany, France, Italy and Benelux. In February 2007 the directors of V2 Benelux, Chris Boog and Tom Willinck, rounded off a successful management buy out together with their distributor, Bertus Distribution [7] part of the Artone Group.
Virgin Megastores is an international entertainment retailing chain, founded in early 1976 by Richard Branson as a record shop on London's Oxford Street. In 1979 the company opened their first Megastore at the end of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road. [1]
1987 – Richard Branson launches Mates condoms in the UK to promote condoms to young adults 1988 – Virgin re-opens the recently acquired and re-modelled Olympic Studios in Barnes , London. 1988 – Virgin launches Virgin Classics , another Virgin international record label specializing in high-quality classical music.
The company was established by Richard Branson, originally as a small record shop, and became a national chain. In 2007, the company was sold to management, and was rebranded as Zavvi. Zavvi entered administration in 2008 and subsequently closed.
Nikolas Mark Powell (4 November 1950 – 7 November 2019) [1] was a British businessman and one of the co-founders of Virgin Records with Richard Branson.After operating a mail-order company, a small record shop, and a recording studio, the partners established the label in 1972.