Backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate and technology fund with support from influential figures like Richard Branson and Ray Dalio, KoBold acknowledges the urgency of securing supplies of these metals.

Source: https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/09/27/company-backed-by-bill-gates-and-jeff-bezos-aims-to-start-copper-and-cobalt-production-in-zambia-within-a-decade/

Billionaire Richard Branson toured war-torn areas around Kyiv when he visited in June.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11907257/Ukraine-celebrity-supporters-visited-Zelensky.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

In recent days they and activists had delivered letters to Singapore's President Halimah Yacob in a last-minute plea for clemency, while British billionaire Sir Richard Branson had called for a halt of the execution and a review of the case.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/singapore-executes-indian-man-for-cannabis-trafficking-despite-pleas-for-clemency

It was the look of a man who has done so many privates in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia that he says he feels like “I lived in China and Japan”—a man who has made multiple trips to Necker Island, the private getaway owned by Richard Branson.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/how-to-hire-a-pop-star-for-your-private-party

James Middleton once dreamed of becoming the next Richard Branson.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11758983/Who-Kate-Middletons-brother-James-dating-Donna-Air-married-life-dog-dad.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Virgin Galactic is set Thursday to finally begin commercial spaceflights, a major milestone for the company founded in 2004 by British billionaire Richard Branson.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-virgin-galactic-commercial-spaceflights.html

Virgin Orbit is the airline owned by businessman Richard Branson.

Source: https://www.baltimoregaylife.com/first-successful-missile-launch-from-western-europe-wel-nl/