Richard Branson likes to pose.
At first, we thought the best way to demonstrate that is with pictures of the man himself. After all, there’s no shortage:
1969: File picture of British businessman Richard Branson. AFP/Getty Images
22 June 1984: British entrepreneur Richard Branson inaugurates his new airline Virgin Atlantic Airways. Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images
29 September 2009: Richard Branson poses at the opening of the Virgin Mobile Metro Theatre. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
8 April 2013: Sir Richard Branson arrives at Edinburgh Airport and lifts his Harris Tweed Kilt. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Then we thought that a better way might be to show the Branson’s prediliction for getting close to beautiful women:
8 December 2004: Businessman Richard Branson gestures as he arrives to launch his new Virgin Atlantic airline. Patrick Riviere/Getty Images
24 February 2009: Sir Richard Branson poses in the pool. Gaye Gerard/Getty Images
26 October 2009: Sir Richard Branson and actress Marisa Tomei attend ‘Rock The Kasbah’ hosted by Sir Richard Branson and Eve Branson. Michael Caulfield/Getty Images for Virgin Unite
26 October 2009: Sir Richard Branson, Tiffany Persons and actress Marisa Tomei attend ‘Rock The Kasbah’ hosted by Sir Richard Branson and Eve Branson. Michael Caulfield/Getty Images for Virgin Unite
17 April 2011: Sir Richard Branson and his daughter Holly Branson, dressed as a cheerleaders, take part in a record-breaking cheer at Canary Wharf. Oli Scarff/Getty Images
11 February 2012: TV Personality Kim Kardashian, Honoree Sir Richard Branson and Singer Britney Spears attend Clive Davis and the Recording Academy’s 2012 Pre-GRAMMY Gala. Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy
11 February 2012: Sir Richard Branson and singer Natalie Imbruglia attend Clive Davis and the Recording Academy’s 2012 Pre-GRAMMY Gala. Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy
13 March 2012: Sir Richard Branson launches the day of activity at Liverpool Lime Street Station. Tony Woolliscroft/Getty Images
4 April 2012: Sir Richard Branson (L) and actress Amber Rose attend the Launch of Virgin America’s First Flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. Michael Buckner/Getty Images
4 April 2012: Sir Richard Branson attends the Launch of Virgin America’s First Flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. Michael Buckner/Getty Images
22 April 2013: Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson poses for a photo after being presented a sequined captain’s jacket by Las Vegas showgirls. Bob Riha, Jr./Virgin America via Getty Images
Sometimes, perhaps too close to beautiful women:
4 November 2002: Virgin Mobile’s Richard Branson and some beautiful Sydney models. Patrick Riviere/Getty Images
19 March 2010: Sir Richard Branson interacts with guests during the ‘Branson By The Pool’ function. Paul Kane/Getty Images
Sometimes dangerously close:
15 October 2003: Sir Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, attends the launch of his latest U.S. company ‘Virgin Pulse’. Mark Mainz/Getty Images
Once, the woman was wooden:
26 October 1984: English businessman Richard Branson at the Princess Victoria pub, London. Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Also I’m not sure those windows are supposed to open:
22 April 2013: Sir Richard Branson – and a Las Vegas showgirl friend – emerge from the flight deck window of Virgin America’s just landed inaugural flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Bob Riha, Jr./Virgin America via Getty Images
But then we discovered the motherlode.
It turns out, if you’re a woman who stands near Richard Branson, he will pick you up.
14 June 2004: Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson celebrates on French soil after a record-breaking crossing of the English Channel. Carl De Souza/Getty Images
9 December 2004: Businessman Sir Richard Branson plays in the surf on Bondi Beach with a model. Patrick Riviere/Getty Images
9 December 2004: Model Bessie Bardot with Businessman Sir Richard Branson attend a private party. Patrick Riviere/Getty Images
31 March 2005: British business tycoon Sir Richard Branson (C) of Virgin Atlantic Airways lifts Indian model Jeniffer Mayani after the airline’s inaugural flight touched down at the International Airport in Bombay. SEBASTIAN D’SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images
4 December 2005: Richard Branson, chairman and founder of the Virgin Group of companies, holds Wang Jingqian, who won a pair of upper class round trip tickets from Shanghai to London. China Photos/Getty Images
28 March 2006: Sir Richard Branson poses with a belly dancer at the Bab-el-Shams hotel resort. Chris Jackson/Getty Images
29 March 2006: British Entrepreneur and businessman Sir Richard Branson poses with Miss England Hammasa Kohistani during a photocall on a stretch of sand on the man-made island known as ‘United Kingdom’ in the new development, The World, in Dubai. Chris Jackson/Getty Images
23 February 2009: A woman gestures after being lifted by Sir Richard Branson during the official launch of the new Virgin Active. Scott Barbour/Getty Images
22 June 2009: Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson poses with model Kate Moss on a wing of a jumbo jet at Heathrow Airport. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
15 June 2010: Founder and President of Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson holds burlesque artist Dita Von Teese as they appear on the wing of a Virgin Atlantic Airways 747-400 aircraft at McCarran International Airport. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
12 September 2010: John Borghetti CEO, Delta Goodrem and Sir Richard Branson celebrate Virgin Blue’s 10th Anniversary in Australia. Robert Prezioso/Getty Images
3 July 2012: Zoe Hardman, Sir Richard Branson, Lydia Bright and Michelle Heaton attend a photocall to reveal Richard Branson’s celebrity team taking part in this year’s Virgin Active London Triathlon. Stuart Wilson/Getty Images
22 April 2013: Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson lifts a Virgin America teammate on the red carpet. Bob Riha, Jr./Virgin America via Getty Images
Eventually, though, some women got their own back:
17 April 2011: Sir Richard Branson and his daughter Holly Branson (2nd L), dressed as a cheerleaders, take part in a record-breaking cheer at Canary Wharf. Oli Scarff/Getty Images
And one just wasn’t taking it any more:
26 September 2002: Chairman of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, poses with model Maddy Ford at the launch of Virgin.net Broadband service. John Li/Getty Images
[See also: How do you destroy a brand? Ask Branson...]
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