Richard Branson taking Virgin galactic public through merger
By Bloomberg
11 July 2019 |
8:45 am
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and Social Capital Hedosophia co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Chamath Palihapitiya discuss their planned merger aimed at creating the world’s first publicly traded space-tourism venture.
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