VOANEWS: Virgin Group Founder Commits Billions of Dollars to Help Environment
Richard Branson Interview Add to My Profile | More Videos Richard Branson sits on the top-ten list of the United Kingdom's richest citizens, with an estimated wealth of roughly eight billion dollars. As the company he founded -- Virgin Group -- tries to expand its airline operations into the United States, Branson is committing billions of dollars of the company's future profits to developing renewable energy. VOA's Kane Farabaugh recently spoke to the British entrepreneur at the United Nations in New York about his commitments to helping the environment, and about his plans for the final frontier in tourism -- space. He set a record for crossing both the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel. An attempt to travel non-stop around the world in a hot air balloon fell short of his dreams in 1999, but his Virgin Global Flyer aircraft, piloted by Steve Fossett, succeeded in 2005. Richard Branson said before the success, “It is perhaps the last great aviation record left here o...