Virgin Group
also referred to as: virgin
includes Virgin Records, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Hotels, Virgin Megastores
11 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 30, 2017 by Richard Branson · said 50 times in 6 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year, the whole family
brought up most by Guy Raz (24), Richard Branson (18), Nuseir Yassin (4), Steve Conine (3), Mark Gainey (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2025 23 mentions in 1 episode
2024 2 mentions in 1 episode
2023 2 mentions in 1 episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 3 mentions in 1 episode
2017 19 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Virgin Group, oldest first
Jan 30, 2017
Jan 30, 2017 neutral
Jan 30, 2017 negative
Branson avoided a 35% tax by faking record exports until caught
“If you export records, you don't have to pay the 35% tax. So, nautily, we sold them in England, and anyway, I got caught and a number of other record shops are doing the same thing. We got a rap on our back of our hand, and it has taught me in life that sleepi…”
Jan 30, 2017 negative
Jan 30, 2017
May 2, 2022 positive
Strava was modeled on Patagonia and Virgin rather than tech peers
“We made a list of if we had been founders of XYZ company, what would it have been? And it was telling because It wasn't a bunch of Silicon Valley companies. I don't think there was, I mean, maybe, maybe we put Apple on there. I can't remember, but otherwise it…”
Apr 6, 2023 bullish
Yassin is building Nas Company as a Virgin-style conglomerate over 30 years
“My ambition is to build similar to Virgin, but I'm gonna build products that bring people together in technology, media, Travel. So the way I envision the next 10 years is NAS Daily, NAS Hotel, NAS I.O., NAS Summits, you know, NAS Foods, NAS Venture, NAS whate…”
Jan 4, 2024 bullish
Yassin: Nas Company has a 30-year conglomerate vision inspired by Virgin
“My ambition is to build similar to Virgin, but I'm gonna build products that bring people together in technology, media, travel, So the way I envision the next 10 years is NAS Daily, NAS Hotel, NAS I.O., NAS Summits, you know, NAS Foods, NAS Venture, NAS whate…”
May 8, 2025 positive
Branson: Hide in the restroom after meetings to note personal details
“So, I mean, if you're going to a big chain of retail shops and you have a chat with the, you know, with the head of the retail is worth Going to the loo afterwards and just taking a note of some of the things the person said, because it's so good to be able to…”
May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025
Branson physically threw out a bank manager threatening to close Virgin
“I find the bank manager sitting on my doorstep, and stupidly I invited him into the house, and he tells me that he's gonna close the whole Virgin Group down on the Monday, and I don't normally get angry, but I just literally stood up and pushed him out of my h…”