Branson: Behind the Mask (39 page)

Iberia,
1

Ibrahim, Jimoh,
1

Imperium Renewables,
1

An
Inconvenient
Truth
(film),
1
,
2

Interbrand,
1

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
1

International Air Transport Association (IATA),
1

International Maritime Organization (IMO),
1
,
2
,
3

International Space Station,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

internet

anti-Virgin campaign,
1

banking,
1

and CircleLending,
1

unifying all Virgin brands,
1
,
2

Virgin Connect,
1

on Virgin Trains,
1

Virgin’s failure to utilise,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

for
Virgin’s
iPad
magazine
see
The Project

Invesco Perpetual,
1

ITV,
1
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2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

J. C. Flowers,
1

J. P. Morgan,
1
,
2
,
3

Jackson, Lisa,
1

JetBlue Airways,
1

Jetstar Airways,
1

Jobs, Steve,
1
,
2
,
3

John F. Kennedy Airport,
1
,
2

Kenyan Tourist Federation,
1

Khosla, Vinod

abandons ethanol plants,
1

ethanol pledge,
1

as ‘ethanolite’ with top Democrats,
1
,
2
,
3

ignores critics of ethanol,
1

inexperience with ethanol,
1

LanzaTech investment,
1

losses and insolvencies,
1
,
2

pine-tree ethanol,
1
,
2

as RB’s link with Blair,
1

skill with state subsidies,
1
,
2

solar industries,
1

Kidlington Mill, Oxfordshire (RB’s estate),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

King, Sir David,
1

King, John,
1
,
2
,
3

King, Sean,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Knight, Alan,
1

Knowles, Anna,
1
,
2

Kreeger, Craig,
1

Kutcher, Ashton,
1

Kwarteng, Kwasi,
1

Labour government (1997–2010)

appoints director of railways,
1

dissolves SRA,
1

FirstGroup awarded Great Western franchise,
1

loan to Northern Rock,
1

Murdoch’s breakfast offers,
1

NHS reorganisation,
1
,
2

Prescott on RB,
1

RB endorses,
1

RB objects to Murdoch’s ITV stake,
1
,
2

RB switches to Tories,
1

RB wants money for trains,
1

and RB’s bid for Northern Rock,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

supports Murdoch on ITV,
1

turns against Railtrack,
1

Laidlaw, Sam,
1

Landeene, Steve,
1

Lanigan, Mark,
1

LanzaTech,
1
,
2

lastminute.com,
1

Latham, Richard,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Lauda, Niki,
1

Leggett, Jeremy,
1

Lendia,
1

Liberty Global,
1

Lionheart
(yacht),
1

Little, Paul,
1
,
2

Llewellyn, Ed,
1

Llosa, Mario Vargas,
1

Lloyds Bank,
1
,
2

Lloyds Development Capital (LDC),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Locke, Gary,
1

London Underground,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Los Angeles International Airport,
1

Lovelock, James,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

LoveSac Corporation,
1

Lowdon, Graeme,
1
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2
,
3
,
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,
5
,
6
,
7

Lufthansa,
1
,
2
,
3

M&G,
1

McCall, Patrick,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

McCallum, Gordon

conservatism of,
1

criticises RB on Virgin Mobile sale,
1

sceptical about F1,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

as shadowy,
1

suggests Virgin Mobile,
1

Tantum pitch,
1

unenthused by
The
Project,
1
,
2

and Virgin Care,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Virgin Mobile flotation,
1

McCarthy, Rory and Tim,
1
,
2

Mackay, David,
1
,
2

Mackenzie, Donald,
1

McLaren team,
1

McLoughlin, Patrick,
1
,
2

McMahon, Richard,
1

Macnee, Peter,
1

McNulty, Roy,
1

Macquarie Bank,
1

McVey, Vivienne,
1
,
2

Maersk,
1

Mahali Mzuri (RB’s safari camp),
1

Majorca,
1

Makepeace (RB’s Australian island),
1

Al Maktoum, Sheikh Ahmed,
1

Maktoum family,
1

Malone, Francis and Martin,
1

Malone, John,
1

Mandela, Nelson,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Manor GP Racing,
1

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan,

Sheikh,
1

Marino, Anthony,
1

Martinez, Susana,
1

Marussia Virgin
see
Virgin Racing

Mascoma Corporation,
1

Masiyiwa, Strive,
1

Mastercard,
1

Mathewson, Sir George,
1

May, Glenn,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Media Control,
1

Mellitt, Brian,
1
,
2
,
3

Melvill, Mike,
1
,
2

Mercedes,
1
,
2

Metro Bank,
1

Michaelis, Alex,
1

Michibata, Jessica,
1

Middleton, Kate,
1

Milburn, Alan,
1

Millward Brown Optimor,
1

Mitchell, Mike,
1
,
2

Mohl, Andrew,
1

Mojave Air & Space Port,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

Mojave rocket accident (2007)

Chase’s investigation,
1
,
2

description of accident,
1

exclusion of space community,
1
,
2
,
3

nitrous oxide as fuel,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

position of personnel at explosion,
1
,
2

safety procedures blamed,
1

Scaled guides investigation,
1
,
2

Sgobba on,
1

Montezemolo, Luca,
1

Moody’s,
1

Mooney, Jim,
1
,
2
,
3

Moore, Demi,
1

Moore, Paul,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

Morgan, Piers,
1
,
2
,
3

Morgan Stanley,
1

Mosley, Max,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Mosquito Island (RB’s Virgin island),
1

Movie
43
(film),
1

Mugabe, Robert,
1

Murdoch, James,
1
,
2
,
3

Murdoch, Rupert

establishes Sky,
1

ITV bid,
1
,
2
,
3

Malone beats,
1

and media’s fondness for RB,
1

Premier League football,
1

publishes
The
Daily,
1
,
2

RB on challenge of taking on,
1

as ultimate victor against RB,
1

wealth,
1

Murphy, Stephen

Abu Dhabi spaceport pitch,
1

conservatism of,
1

fails to grasp internet’s potential,
1

at Gormley meeting,
1

Northern Rock bid,
1

offshore decision–making,
1

opposition to F1,
1

as shadowy,
1

and Virgin Care,
1
,
2

Virgin Mobile flotation,
1

and Whitehorn’s departure,
1

Murray, Jonathan,
1
,
2

Musk, Elon,
1
,
2
,
3

My
Life
(Clinton),
1

NASA,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

Nasdaq,
1

National Express,
1
,
2

national lottery,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

National Space Society,
1

NBC,
1

Necker Island

Blair and Wales as guests,
1

cost of renting,
1

isolates RB from reality,
1
,
2

partying in,
1

powered by renewables,
1

Nelson, Andrew,
1

Nelson, Shawn,
1

Network Rail,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

News Corp.,
1

News International,
1
,
2

NHS

GPs’ conflict of interest,
1

GPs on Virgin tour,
1

Labour promotes private contractors,
1
,
2

rejects Virgin Health Bank,
1
,
2

Virgin Care wins contracts,
1

Nikpay, Ali,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

9/11 attacks,
1
,
2
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3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Noguera, Anthony,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Noor, Queen of Jordan,
1

Norris, Peter,
1
,
2

Northern Rock,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Northrop Grumman,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Norwich Union,
1
,
2
,
3

Novamedia,
1

NTL,
1
,
2
,
3

Obama, Barack,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Obasanjo, Olusegun,
1

O’Brien, John,
1

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Oelwang, Jean,
1

Ofcom,
1
,
2

Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

and Murdoch’s ITV stake,
1

Passenger Fuel Surcharge conspiracy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Premier League cost ruling,
1

oil

Clinton suggests ‘big–footing’ alternative,
1

Khosla’s war on,
1

Nigeria’s sweetener to Virgin,
1

‘peak oil’ fallacy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

RB in Calgary,
1

RB on ‘oil crunch’,
1

RB on ‘trader cartel’,
1
,
2

RB’s worry on oil prices,
1
,
2
,
3

reason for oil-price spike,
1
,
2

Virgin Oil,
1

Oldfield, Mike,
1
,
2

OPEC,
1

Open Skies Agreement (2008),
1

Optus,
1

Orange,
1

Osborne, George,
1

Oshkosh aviation exhibition,
1

O’Toole, Tim,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Owen, Sir Robert,
1

Pan Am,
1

Panchoran Retreat,
1

Parker, Charlie,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Parsley, David,
1

Patrick Corporation,
1

Peapack-Gladstone, NJ (club),
1

Peck, Lawrence,
1

Pinkett Smith, Jada,
1

Pitman, Sir Brian,
1
,
2

Pitt, Brad,
1

Pomerantz, William,
1

Premier League football,
1
,
2
,
3

Prescott, John,
1

Principal, Victoria,
1
,
2

The
Project
(Virgin’s iPad magazine)

advertisers avoid,
1

as App of the Year,
1
,
2

Apple blows hot and cold,
1
,
2

casualties of,
1

as Donaldson’s idea,
1

Malones’ investment,
1

RB promotes,
1

readers’ complaints,
1

as rival to
The
Daily,
1
,
2

Project Interactive Publishing,
1

Pulp Juice,
1

Qantas,
1
,
2

Railtrack

commitment to PUG2,
1
,
2

contract with Virgin Trains,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Corbett’s dislike of RB and Virgin,
1
,
2

goes into administration,
1

‘moving block’ signalling,
1
,
2
,
3

post-Hatfield uproar,
1

problems with old infrastructure,
1

return to PUG1,
1
,
2

tilting-train requirements,
1

Range Fuels,
1
,
2

Reaction Engines,
1
,
2

Reagan, Ronald,
1

The
Rebel
Billionaire
(US TV series),
1

Red Bull Racing,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Renault,
1

Reynolds, Lucy,
1

Rice, Tim,
1

Richardson, Bill

idealises RB,
1

meets RB in wilderness,
1

RB flatters,
1

RB meets at unbuilt Spaceport,
1
,
2

vision for Spaceport,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Ridgway, Steve

concession to BALPA,
1

dismisses internet,
1
,
2

leaves Virgin Atlantic,
1

Passenger Fuel Surcharge

conspiracy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

pilots criticise,
1

RB praises,
1

underestimates low–cost airlines,
1

and Virgin Atlantic’s decline,
1
,
2

Ritter, Lloyd,
1

Rockefeller family,
1

Rogers, Richard,
1

Rogue Pictures,
1

Rolling Stones, the,
1

Ross, Martin,
1

Ross, Wilbur,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Rowlands, Sir David,
1

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Rutan, Burt

and Chase’s investigation,
1

chooses hybrid motor,
1
,
2

ends work with Virgin Galactic,
1

jealousy of rivals,
1

optimism over scaling up,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

pessimism over safety,
1

project with Allen,
1

recruitment policy,
1

similarity to RB,
1

SpaceShipTwo accident,
1

WhiteKnightTwo unveiled,
1

wins Ansari X Prize,
1
,
2
,
3

Ryan, Michael,
1

Ryanair,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4