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Virgin Group
Image:Virgin.jpg Type Private (Limited liability ) Founded UK Headquarters London, England , UK Key people Sir Richard Branson , Chairman Stephen Murphy , Chief Executive Susannah Parden , CFO Industry Beverages , Airlines , Trains , Games , Financial services , Music , Retail , Mobile phones Revenue US$ 7.2 billionEmployees 35,000 Website www.virgin.com
The Virgin Group Ltd is a group 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.
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.
In December 2006, Virgin, through their
subsidiary Virgin Unite , became the first company to advertise their
brand on the pages of
Wikipedia and other
Wikimedia sites.
In January 2007, Virgin also donated $50,000 to Wikimedia foundation .
Virgin Brands (under various ownership)
See List of Richard Branson's business ventures
TheTrainLine - UK train booking service
Virgin Active - a health club chain in South Africa , Spain , Italy and the United Kingdom
Virgin America - a U.S. domestic low-cost airline based at San Francisco International Airport scheduled for launch in early 2007
Virgin Atlantic Airways - an international carrier based at London's Heathrow Airport
Virgin Balloon Flights - a hot-air balloon operator
Virgin Blue - a low-cost airline in Australia and the South Pacific based in Australia
Virgin Books - publisher, retailer and distributor of books
Virgin Brides - bridal wear shop in Manchester
Virgin Cars - a UK low-cost car dealership and superstore (No longer in operation)
Virgin Cinemas - Sold to UGC, now Cineworld
Virgin Comics - comic book producer
Virgin Cosmetics - retailer of cosmetics and jewelery through internet, direct selling and Virgin Spa stores
Virgin Vie [1] - brand of cosmetics and jewelery
Virgin Digital - online digital music retailer
Virgin Drinks - drink manufacturer
Virgin Electronics - formerly Virgin Pulse , consumer electronics
Virgin Experience Days - corporate and consumer experience events
Virgin Express - a low-cost European airline
Virgin Films (also known as Virgin Pictures) - a short-lived film production company
Virgin Fuel - venture capital firm for investing in petroleum alternatives
Virgin Galactic - a venture to market and operate commercial space flights, using spacecraft designed by Scaled Composites
Virgin Games [2] - online games and gambling
Virgin Health Bank [3] - a new business from Branson 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, including Singapore Airlines
Virgin Interactive (originally known as Virgin Games) - games distributor now owned by Titus Interactive
Virgin Jewellery - jewellery arm of Virgin Cosmetics
Virgin Limited Edition - exclusive hotels
Virgin Limobike - passenger bike service in London
Virgin Limousines - chauffeured limousine service in San Francisco and Northern California
Virgin Media Inc - Rebranded NTL Telewest , providing home telephony, cable television, broadband and mobile
Virgin Megastores - CD, DVD and games retailer chain with high-street and online stores
Virgin XS - Factory Outlet-orientated format of Virgin Megastores
Virgin Money - providers of financial services
Virgin Nigeria - international, regional and domestic Nigerian airline
Virgin Play - a video game promoter, distributor and marketer in Spain
Virgin Radio - (owned by SMG plc ) British commercial radio station broadcast on AM, FM (London only), DAB, internet, Digital TV. Other Virgin radio brands include:
ouï fm - rock radio station in France and Asia
Radio Free Virgin - internet radio broadcaster with over 60 channels
Virgin Radio Asia - collection of station operating in India and Thailand including Virgin Soft, Hitz, Easy FM and Oui
Virgin Records - record label now owned by EMI
Virgin Spa - shop chain retailing Virgin Cosmetics product
Virgin Sun - a UK based charter airline sold to Air 2000
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
Virgin Wines - internet wine retailer
V2 Records - an independent music label
V Festival - music festival held in the UK over two days in two separate locations
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