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wedding announcements
Netscape Billionaire to Wed Supermodel This Weekend
Giving geeks everywhere hope, Jim Clark, cofounder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape, is marrying swimsuit model Kristy Hinze this weekend on Richard Branson's Necker Island — also the site of Google founder Larry Page's nuptials.
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By Owen ThomasComment by aurora*raby: Jim Clark isn't bad-looking. Also, he's rich, and I can't blame him for not marrying an older, set-in-her-ways, ugly person.... 16 Responses | Other threads
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geek love
Sexagenarian's Big Fat Geek Wedding
We hear Jim Clark, the billionaire Netscape founder, may marry his fiancée, Australian swimsuit model Kristy Hinze, in March on Richard Branson's Necker Island — the same place where Google's Larry Page said "I do." More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by siliconvalleydropout: why the need to get married by rich guys always puzzle me . he can still bang her without marriage. 2 Responses | Other threads
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space travel
La petite mort for man, a giant hump for mankind
Playboy capitalist Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic will take your $200,000 to book a brief trip to space. But when offered $1 million cash upfront to let an unnamed pornographer film some zero-gravity, superatmospheric nookie with the futurist-fetish SpaceShipTwo cabin as a backdrop, the space-tourism startup declined. Which leaves us here at Valleywag nothing to look forward to on the smut market once Hustler Video debuts the company's hardcore ode to Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin (Warning: Boobies and such). [Slashdot] (Photo by Getty/Daniel Berehulak) -
cleantech
Is Richard Branson a green hypocrite — or just a bad businessman?
Ireland's Sunday Business Post savages Virgin chief Richard Branson for the $3 billion pledge he made two years ago to invest all the profits from his air and rail-transport businesses into cleantech. The Post notes that Branson's green technology of choice, biofuels, has fallen out of favor, as scientists and politicians debate whether we should be fueling our tanks or feeding people with the source materials for vegetable-derived energy. The Post, in other words, is accusing an entrepreneur of being an entrepreneur. Hardly stinging. If one really wanted to bring Branson down, one might have pointed out how the normally savvy media spinner just highlighted the food-vs.-energy debate when, for a photo op at a test flight powered by coconut and palm oil, he drank some of the fuel out of a coconut. (Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)
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By Owen ThomasComment by Vulture: @raincoaster: I would siphon gas tanks with you any time. more » | Other threads
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virgin galactic
Back to our regularly scheduled Xeni Space Pr0n
Save your blog drama for Obama. Boing Boing starship trooper Xeni Jardin posted close-up photos of fun-loving Virgin billionaire Richard Branson's new space tourism plane, Eve, from yesterday's big debut event. More »
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By Paul BoutinComment by Mouser_UK: it is probaly Otto Lilienthal in that first one. Sheesh who let the special needs kids^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h COBOL programmers comment more » | Other threads
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caption contest
Page, Branson, Wales and Blair fuel up private jets for more green getaways
Earlier this month, Virgin's Richard Branson hosted Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and his wealthier coevals on Necker Island for a discussion on global warming. The beach party seemed to be held mostly for the benefit of a sun-satiated New York Times reporter. But, between sips of pinot grigio, Branson and his tanning friends confirmed that yes, they will consider holding another such confab again in the future. You don't see plebes in Priuses saving the world, do you? Write your best caption in the comments. -
the sum of all human knowledge
While Wikipedia burns, Jimmy Wales and women in bikinis save "world on fire"
We were right: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales really did skip off to Richard Branson's Caribbean getaway in early March, even as a scandal unfolded over his governance of the world's most comprehensive list of gay animals. The powwow on Necker Island, which included Google's Larry Page, Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk, former British prime minister Tony Blair, and VC Vinod Khosla, discussed global warming. Branson asked: "Is the world on fire?" More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by mediawhoremeow: @Erica, it "becomes a crime to make a profit" when you're running a NON-profit. As for Wikipedia being "amazing", have another... more » | Other threads
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nerdspotting
Is Jimmy Wales headed to Richard Branson's Virgin island this weekend?
Even Richard Branson has fallen under Jimmy Wales's spell. The oddly charismatic founder of the world's foremost compendium of ways to say "I ate my cat" is set to attend a global-warming summit on Necker Island, Branson's remote Caribbean getaway. The get-together is so exclusive, Wales told ex-girlfriend Rachel Marsden, that even Al Gore wasn't invited. In the aftermath of l'affaire Marsden and related disclosures about abuses of his position as a Wikipedia board member, it's not clear if Wales is still planning to go. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by matto: You'd think that Branson would be smart enough to check the interblogs before falling for Jimmy's beardly charms. more » | Other threads
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Gavin Newsom makes Larry and Lucy's short list
We hear that Larry Page's wedding to Lucy Southworth on Necker Island Sunday was a smaller affair than widely reported — only 170 people, not 600. Confirmed in attendance: Richard Branson, who officiated, and Bono, who read a poem he wrote for the couple and performed a song. Oh, and also San Francisco's hunky god-mayor, Gavin Newsom, shown here with Page and Google cofounder Brin. How do we know Newsom was there? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by bonae: No politician wants to appear too close to B&P after the you tube stock fraud contraversy. 1.65 billion and no... more » | Other threads
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larry and lucy
Richard Branson, the best man Larry Page could find
British billionaire and Virgin founder Richard Branson is going to be the best man in this weekend's wedding of Google cofounder Larry Page and his fiancée, Lucy Southworth, according to Reuters. Really? Richard Branson? The loudmouth entrepreneur who named his business empire after his sexual status? He and Larry are that tight? Branson over Larry's brother Carl, who is also a successful entrepreneur? Not Sergey Brin, Larry's cofounder, who reportedly had Larry do the honors at his wedding? Our cynical opinion: Branson's status in the wedding party was most likely a quid pro quo for hosting their nuptials on his privately owned Necker Island. (Photo by David Thomson/AFP)
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Comment by cv: @sample32: If I were Brin and being the secret best man meant that the brouhaha of the Necker Island event simply... more » | Other threads
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larry and lucy
Al Gore to skip out on Larry and Lucy's wedding
Today's San Francisco Chronicle has more details on the upcoming wedding of Google founder Larry Page and his girlfriend Lucy Southworth. The Chronicle confirms that it will be happening the weekend of December 8, but they can't seem to find the location. As we told you earlier this month, it's taking place on Necker Island, the Caribbean hideaway owned by Virgin billionaire Richard Branson. Branson, naturally, is expected to attend the event, along with San Francisco god-mayor Gavin Newsom and "many current and former Google employees" (Perhaps ex-girlfriend Marissa Mayer?). One person, though, is skipping the bash. More » -
larry and sergey
Which Google founder has the best wedding site?
There's nothing like good-natured competition amongst cofounders. So which Google founder topped the other with the best wedding locale? Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki of 23AndMe conjoined their gene pools at magician David Copperfield's exclusive Musha Cay, and it's rumored that Larry Page and fiancée Lucy Southworth have reserved Richard Branson's Necker Island, pictured above, for a December 7 wedding. A complete comparison of the private islands after the jump. Who splurged the most? You decide. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by exclusive07: Yes, The wedding is on Necker Island on the 8th December. Guest are being flown in from as early as... more » | Other threads
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rumormonger
Larry and Lucy to wed on Necker Island?
So, where do you vacation when you're a multibillionaire? Try crashing at your billionaire friend's place. According to a source close to Lucy Southworth, Google cofounder Larry Page's fiancée has reserved Necker Island, the Caribbean hideaway of Virgin megamogul Richard Branson, for Larry and Lucy's upcoming nuptials. The location is consistent with the visa requirements mentioned in a blog post briefly published on Fortune's website, then erased. The private resort should offer plenty of privacy and security for the camera-shy couple. Past guests include Princess Diana, whose presence there required a 150-meter security perimeter around the entire island.
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Comment by sjann1: Interesting view of island on Google Earth: heavily obscured by cloud cover, more than other small islands in the group.Purely... more » | Other threads
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wireless
Virgin Mobile IPO fails to pop
Some IPOs — like Google and VMWare—are impressive from the start. Others — like Vonage, which has fallen 85 percent since going public — fall flat. Virgin Mobile, with its cherry brand name and backers, should have had a sparkling debut. And yet it didn't. More »
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Comment by Owen Thomas: @David E. Weekly: I disagree. The notion of a perfectly priced IPO, leaving money on the table, is good in... more » | Other threads
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acquisitions
Sir Richard Branson has dumped his Virigin Megastores — those emporia of old-school CDs — into the lap of Zavvi Entertainment Group. Stores in the United Kingdom will be rebranded "Zavvi" as early as November. Not even the ringle can keep Branson in the music retail business. [Gamesindustry] -
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By Owen ThomasComment by seanpercival: I love this guy, rich, smokes pot, and owns an island. Best of all, not american... more » | Other threads
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inappropriate
Richard Branson moves in on Google girl
A disturbing moment from the TED conference captured by eBayer Pierre Omidyar's Flickr stream. Sergey Brin's fiancée Anne Wojcicki canoodling with the rebel billionaire himself, Sir Richard Branson. Such unseemly public head-rubbing.
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By Chris MohneyComment by sanctuarylove: I wonder why she still has no Wikipedia page too. I'd love to hear more nice stories from her. I... more » | Other threads
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