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  Jen Something replied on 04:57 AM on January 13, 2008
  I still want that reward money. Call me.
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  Virginia Aquilizan replied on 03:21 AM on January 18, 2008
  Having only recently joined the Virgin Group, I have been impressed by the people who work there and the high standards that people set themselves within the organisation. Eager to change and raise the bar. Relaxed yet professional. Fun. Bloody fantastic!
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  Having only recently joined the Virgin Group, I have been impressed by the people who work there and the high standards that people set themselves within the organisation. Eager to change and raise the bar.
  
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Beyond a brand, what is Virgin?

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Richard Branson: I think that it’s maybe too soon to say, “What is Virgin beyond the Virgin brand?” I mean Virgin will mean different things to different people. You know I’d like to think we’ve transformed people’s way of traveling on planes. Before we started out 21 years ago, the experience was diabolical. I mean you were lucky enough to have a chicken dumped in your lap . . . let alone having any entertainment system to watch. And let alone having a cabin crew person who actually smiled at you. And you know I think that that’s one example where we came and we shook up an industry. And other airlines – I think apart from American carriers – have, you know, moved forward with the times and have tried to catch up. And I think we’ve done that to, you know, quite a lot of industries. And the rail industry, when we took it over 10 years ago, was . . . it was worse than India. And you know, we’ve now made it the best in Europe and something which British people can be proud of. And that’s our reason for being. We just love going into sectors where things are badly run and seeing if we can . . . seeing if we can really change them. At the same time, we have 50,000 people at Virgin who want to make a real difference. And Virgin Unite is our charitable arm, and Virgin Unite is doing some wonderful things. And I think actually Virgin one day could be better known for what we can achieve through Virgin Unite than from actually what we’ve achieved in business. And you know, but that’s for another chapter. And we’ve got 20 or 30 years to prove that point. Recorded on: 7/5/07

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Richard Branson Chairman, Virgin Group

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Richard Branson is a British entrepreneur, known for his philanthropic projects and taste for adventure. He is the founder and chairman of Virgin Group Ltd., a conglomerate of separately run companies which include radio stations, airlines, music stores and cellular phones.The Virgin Group now owns around 200 companies in over 30 countries.

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