british virgin islands

Inside Richard Branson’s exclusive Necker Island: celebs, hydrofoil boards, lemurs

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Inside Richard Branson’s exclusive Necker Island: celebs, hydrofoil boards, lemurs

Sir Richard Branson leaps in Necker Island’s infinity pools fully dressed and boogies on the bars.  “Every table in Necker is made for dancing on,” says the energetic British billionaire, who bought the uninhabited Caribbean isle for $180,000 in 1979 and transformed it into a private playground and party palace for the rich and famous. … Read more

Want to live on a private island? Mystery billionaire will select lucky couple —and pay them $185,000

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Want to live on a private island? Mystery billionaire will select lucky couple —and pay them 5,000

A mystery billionaire is offering a lucky couple $185,000 to spend a year living on an idyllic private island in the Caribbean — but there’s a catch. According to a listing placed by the Fairfax and Kensington recruitment agency, the chosen pair will be expected to throw themselves into the full-time job of in-house hype … Read more