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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on 18 July 1950 [9] [10] in Blackheath, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, the son of Edward James Branson (1918–2011), a barrister, and his wife Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; 1924–2021), a former ballet dancer and air hostess.
Priscilla Chan (born February 24, 1985) [2] is an American pediatrician and a philanthropist. [3] She and her husband, Mark Zuckerberg, a co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, established the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in December 2015 with a pledge to transfer 99 percent of their Facebook shares, then valued at $45 billion.
Thomas Mockridge (born July 1955 [2] in New Zealand) is the chairman and chief executive officer of Virgin Fibra.Prior to founding the italian-based broadband operator, he has been CEO of Virgin Media until June 2019, CEO of News International until December 2012, and the foundation CEO of Sky Italia until July 2011.
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Powell's marriage to Merrill Tomassi, the sister of Richard Branson's first wife, ended in divorce. He then married singer Sandie Shaw and helped relaunch her career. They had two children, Amie and Jack, before divorcing in the early 1990s. Powell died on 7 November 2019 in Oxford, aged 69; he had been receiving treatment for cancer. [6]
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Virgin.net was integrated into the new brand as Virgin Media Beyond Cable (later Virgin Media National). In February 2007, Virgin Central, an on-demand service, gained the rights to begin showing episodes of the television show Lost (already shown on Sky 1), and other shows including Alias and The OC .
[6] [10] [11] In 2005 she became the president and founder of the Arts in Marrakech Festival, now known as the Marrakech Biennale. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In October 2014, Branson was awarded the royal distinction of Officer of the Ouissam Aalouite [ 13 ] at the occasion of the ceremony inaugurating the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art ...