Richard Branson

The amount of air conditioner units is expected to increase greatly over the coming decades – but is there a better way to keep cool?

Good Thinking

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.

Branson is already known to lead an active lifestyle, with tennis, swimming and kitesurfing sessions among his regular activities

Space

Richard Branson ups his tennis regime with hopes of flying to space within months

Becoming an astronaut is a famously difficult and demanding process, but when you’re the CEO of a fledgling space tourism company, perhaps you can make your own rules. Richard Branson has now revealed that if all goes to plan, he could be launching himself into space in a matter of months.

It's only $2,000 each, when you think about it

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.