Richard Brandson managed to buy Necker Island for his late wife, Joan Templeman, for $180,000 after an initial asking price of $6 million ...

The island paradise of Sir Richard Branson, Necker Island in the idyllic British Virgin Islands, is affording guests a newly enhanced insight into its wide-reaching conservation efforts. Flamingoes ...

Get a room on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island during the festive season? Impossible, unless you are invited by the man himself or shell out over a hundred grand to rent the whole island. But never ...

Lessons from STRIVE Week on Necker Island, where resilience, self-leadership and collaboration shaped a deeper understanding ...

Richard Branson shared in 2020 how he attempted to buy Necker Island for £75,800 to impress Joan, was rejected, and had to hitchhike home. A romantic gamble that paid off.

After five decades of being inseparable, Richard Branson sadly lost his beloved wife, Joan, on November 25, 2025. The late 80-year-old is survived by her loving husband, whom she wed in 1989, their ...