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31st July 2009

 

Sir Richard Branson collects £152m from sale of Virgin Mobile USA

Sir Richard Branson has pocketed £152 ($250) million from the sale of Virgin Mobile USA to Sprint Nextel. The deal means that the billionaire entrepreneur has now left the North American mobile phone market, having made a profit of more than $325 million. His Virgin Group sold its holding in Virgin Mobile Canada two months ago for $175 million. Sprint now which owns 13.1 per cent of...

 

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