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by sixhobbits 3619 days ago
My thoughts exactly. I recently read Branson's own account of this event, and no - he did not raise money from the tickets. You cannot start an airline on the money raised from <100 tickets. He didn't actually make any profit from the event at all - he simply organised a private jet for him and the other stranded businessmen and got them to split the cost. Which supposedly led to him starting Virgin Air, but still a huge misrepresentation.