A brief brush with the City, with the flotation of part of the music business in 1986, did not last. He bought it back in 1988 and has kept his financial affairs more private ever since. Oldfield's Tubular Bells becomes a huge hit. 1979 Buys gay nightclub, Heaven. Launches Virgin Atlantic Airways flying London-Newark.
Flies balloon across the Atlantic.
Launches Mates condoms. 1993 British Airways apologises in the High Court for 'dirty tricks'. Fails to run the National Lottery. Launches Virgin Cola. 1995 Buys MGM Cinemas, launches Virgin Vodka, joins consortium to run Eurostar.