Billionaire Richard Branson yuav tsum ntsib kev dag ntxias los ntawm Virgin Galactic Shareholders

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Billionaire Richard Branson yuav tsum raug foob los ntawm Virgin Galactic cov tswv lag luam uas liam Branson zais cov teeb meem nrog rau qhov kev pab cuam chaw thiab muag cuaj tus nqi ntawm cov khoom lag luam ntawm tus nqi nce siab, tsoomfwv txiav txim plaub ntug txiav txim rau hnub Monday, kos rau lwm qhov teeb meem rau Branson twb tau tawm tsam nrhiav kev lag luam dav hlau. .

Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb

Thaum US District Judge Allyne Ross hauv Brooklyn tso tawm Feem ntau cov lus thov tau coj mus rau hauv qhov kev foob hauv chav kawm, nws tau hais tias cov tswv lag luam tuaj yeem coj Branson thiab Virgin mus rau hauv tsev hais plaub thiab sim ua pov thawj tias nws tau dag lawv kom them tus nqi ntau dhau rau Virgin Galactic cov shares, uas tam sim no pauv 90% hauv qab no lawv qhov siab tshaj 2021 raws li Reuters, uas xub tshaj tawm zaj dab neeg.

Cov tswv lag luam tuaj yeem foob rau Virgin cov lus tshaj tawm thaum Lub Xya Hli 2019 uas lub tuam txhab tau ua "kev vam meej"hauv kev nrhiav kev lag luam dav hlau, txawm tias tsuas yog tsib lub hlis ua ntej nws lub dav hlau foob pob hluav taws, Unity, tau raug kev puas tsuaj loj heev thaum lub davhlau sim.

Cov chav kawm tseem tuaj yeem foob rau Branson lub Xya Hli 2021 cov lus hais tias nws lub davhlau ntawm Kev Sib Koom Tes yog "flawless” Txawm hais tias Tsoom Fwv Tebchaws Aviation Administration tau hais tias foob pob hluav taws deviated los ntawm nws lub hom phiaj kev ya davhlau.

Lub hli tom qab lub davhlau ntawd, Branson muag txog $ 301 lab ntawm cov khoom lag luam tias Ross txiav txim cov tswv lag luam tuaj yeem foob, cov lus txiav txim plaub ntug, raws li Reuters.

Virgin thiab Branson cov kws lij choj tsis ua tiav rau rooj plaub raug tshem tawm thiab hais tias tsis muaj pov thawj tias muaj kev xav dag ntxias cov tswv lag luam los ntawm kev dag ntxias lawv, ntxiv tias qhov chaw mus ncig yog "unquestionably ib tug high-risk proposition” thiab Virgin tau tshaj tawm txog kev nyab xeeb thiab tsim teeb meem, raws li Reuters.

Kev foob siv rau cov tswv lag luam uas muaj Tshuag txij Lub Xya Hli 10, 2019, txog Lub Kaum Hli 14, 2021, thaum Virgin tshaj tawm nws yuav thawb rov qab nws nrhiav kev lag luam chaw mus ncig.

Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb

Branson nrhiav tau Virgin Galactic hauv 2004 tab sis raug kev txom nyem nrog rau ib qho botched testflight hauv 2014 uas tua co-pilot, Michael Alsbury. Tom qab ntau tshaj li kaum xyoo ntawm kev tau txais nyiaj ntau los ntawm Branson cov txiaj ntsig ntau lab daus las, Virgin Galactic tau mus rau pej xeem thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2019 los ntawm kev koom ua ke nrog lub tuam txhab nrhiav tau tshwj xeeb. Lub tuam txhab tab tom npaj kom muaj kev ya davhlau luv luv mus rau ntawm ntug qhov chaw rau cov neeg ncig tebchaws txaus siab them rau daim pib rau daim duab. Virgin Galactic cov neeg sib tw suav nrog lwm lub tuam txhab tsim los ntawm cov neeg lag luam muaj nyiaj hauv qhov tau raug hu ua "billionaire space race " ntawm Branson's Virgin Galactic, Jeff Bezos 'Blue Origin thiab Elon Musk's SpaceX. Thaum Virgin Galactic tsis tau pib lub davhlau txij li Branson's Lub Xya hli ntuj 2021 trip ntawm Unity, Blue Origin tau xa tuaj rau lub tshav dav hlau mus ncig ua si txij li xyoo 2021, thiab SpaceX muaj pib dua.

Forbes Kev Ntsuas

Peb kwv yees Branson yog tus nqi $ 3.7 billion ua tsaug rau nws lub koom haum ntawm kev lag luam nyob rau hauv "Virgin" hom npe, zoo li Virgin Atlantic thiab Virgin Galactic.

Dab Tsi Los Saib

Branson tshaj tawm thaum Lub Ob Hlis tias Virgin Galactic yuav sai sai no pib txais kev tshwj tseg rau $ 450,000 daim pib rau qhov chaw ya davhlau, uas nws tau hais thaum lub sijhawm yuav pib "tom qab xyoo no," tab sis tam sim no lub tuam txhab xav tsim kev lag luam ya mus rau lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav 2023.

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Richard Branson yuav tsum ntsib teeb meem hauv Asmeskas txog Virgin Galactic qhov chaw mus ncig (Reuters)

Virgin Galactic Shares nce 30% Tom qab Billionaire Branson-Backed Firm Tshaj Tawm $ 450,000 Daim Pib Mus Rau Qhov Chaw (Forbes)