Richard Branson

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Richard Branson launches $3m challenge to reinvent the air conditioner

Launched this month, the Global Cooling Prize is a competition to help stop runaway climate change, by dangling US$3 million in prize money for the development of more energy-efficient cooling solutions.
Holiday Destinations

Richard Branson's private island is all yours (for $60,000 a night)

Virgin has announced that work on Richard Branson's private residence on Necker Island is complete, with the house now ready to take its first bookings. Now you can whisk yourself and 29 friends off to a tropical island … if you can stretch to the asking price of US$60,000 per night.