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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Sir Richard Branson personally lost £1.5 billion in the pandemic

Sir Richard Branson at the New York Stock Exchange (Credit: Drew Angerer—Getty Images)

Kicking back on a private island with your family during the pandemic may have been only a dream for many, but for British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, that's what lockdown looked like.

However, the services tycoon has revealed that the idyllic setting of his COVID experience did not protect him from the challenges battering the globe—with his planes grounded and hotels unable to open.

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