Virgin Group - Subsidiaries and Investments

Subsidiaries and Investments

Further information: List of Richard Branson's business ventures

• AirAsia X — long-haul budget airline operating from Malaysia (16% owned by Virgin Group)
• Marussia F1 — a Formula One team established in 2010. Formerly called Virgin Racing, Virgin is still a part-owner, despite having sold naming rights to Marussia.
• V Festival — two-day music festival held in two separate locations in the United Kingdom
  • V Festival (Australia) — an Australian version of the V Festival
  • Virgin Festival — a North American version of the V Festival
• Virgin Active — a health club chain in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, and Italy
• Virgin America — a United States budget airline based at San Francisco International Airport (25% owned by Virgin Group)
• Virgin Atlantic Airways — an international carrier based in Crawley, West Sussex, UK (51% owned by Virgin Group)
• Virgin Australia Holdings Limited
  • Virgin Australia — an Australian-based airline
  • Virgin Samoa — a Samoan-based airline
  • Blue Holidays — The holiday programme of Virgin Australia, now a joint venture between Virgin Australia
• Virgin Balloon Flights — a hot air balloon operator
• Virgin Books — publisher, retailer and distributor of books (10% owned by Virgin Group)
• Virgin Brides — now-defunct bridal wear shop in Manchester, UK
• Virgin Care — provides National Health Services care, formerly Assura Medical
• Virgin Cars — internet automobile retailer
• Virgin Charter — a private jet online marketplace
• Virgin Comics — comic book producer
• Virgin Connect — broadband Internet access and telephony in Russia
• Virgin Digital Help — technical support
• Virgin Drinks — drink manufacturer
  • Virgin Cola — carbonated cola soft drink
  • Virgin Vodka — alcoholic beverage
  • v-Mix - spirit mixers
• Virgin Energy — a former UK energy supplier
• Virgin Earth Challenge — competition to find solutions to global warming
• Virgin Experience Days — corporate and consumer experience events
• Virgin Films - a now-defunct film production company
• Virgin Flowers — Internet florist
• Virgin Galactic — a venture to market and operate commercial space flights, using spacecraft designed by Scaled Composites
• Virgin Games — online casino, online poker, online bingo (previously video games for home computers)
• Virgin Gaming — online gaming add-ons to existing console games
• Virgin Interactive — Defunct video game distribution and publishing company
• Virgin Play — a Spanish publisher of video games, once part of the now defunct Virgin Interactive.

• Virgin Green Fund (originally known as Virgin Fuels) — venture capital firm for investing in petroleum alternatives
• Virgin Health Bank — a business enabling parents to store their baby's stem cells
• Virgin Healthcare provides a selection of healthcare services tailored to local demand
• Virgin HealthMiles
• Virgin Holidays — UK travel agency and tour operator for worldwide destinations served by Virgin Atlantic and its partner companies
  • Virgin Holidays Cruises — UK cruise holiday agent
  • Travel City Direct - UK Online Travel Agent for holidays to Florida. Acquired from the now defunct XL Leisure Group after it went into administration.
    • Travel City Direct Cruises — UK cruise holiday operator for holidays to Florida and the Caribbean
  • Bales Worldwide Ltd - Small UK Tour Operator
• Virgin Life Care — fitness group in South Africa
• Virgin Limited Edition — exclusive hotel operator
  • Kasbah Tamadot — exclusive Moroccan holiday destination
  • Lady B — luxurious Catamaran available for Caribbean charters
  • The Lodge — ski lodge
  • Natirar — private spa located in Somerset County, New Jersey
  • Necker Island — exclusive island in British Virgin Islands for private hire
  • The Roof Gardens and Babylon — 1.5 acres (6,100 m2) open air gardens, venue, nightclub and restaurant in Kensington, London
  • Ulusaba — exclusive game reserve in South Africa
• Virgin Limobike — passenger bike service in London
• Virgin Limousines — chauffeured limousine service in San Francisco and Northern California
• Virgin Management — Custodians
• Virgin Media — provider of home telephone, cable television, broadband and mobile services to the United Kingdom
• Virgin Megastores — CD, DVD and games retailer chain with high—street and online stores
  • Virgin XS — Factory Outlet—orientated format of Virgin Megastores
• Virgin Mobile — brand used by several companies providing mobile phone service around the world
  • Virgin Mobile UK — provides mobile phone service in the United Kingdom, now part of Virgin Media
  • Virgin Mobile Australia — provider of mobile phone service in Australia - license held by Optus
  • Virgin Mobile Canada — provider of mobile phone service in Canada - owned by Bell Mobility with branding from Virgin Group
  • Virgin Mobile South Africa — provider of mobile phone service in South Africa - joint venture with Cell C
  • Virgin Mobile USA — provider of mobile phone service in the United States - brand rights held by Sprint Nextel
  • Virgin Mobile France — provider of mobile phone service in France - Virgin Group owned
  • Virgin Mobile India — provider of mobile phone service in India - franchise agreement with Tata Teleservices
  • Virgin Mobile Qatar - brand license to Qatar Telecom
  • Virgin Mobile Chile - provider of mobile phone service in Chile, uses the Movistar mobile network.
• Virgin Money — providers of financial services
  • Virgin Money US — provider of financial services in the United States
  • Virgin Credit Card
• Virgin Money Giving — Online fundraising website
• Virgin Oceanic - sea exploration
• Virgin Nigeria — A former subsidiary of Virgin Atlantic Airlines
• Virgin Produced — a film and television development, packaging and production company formed in 2010 and led by Chief Executive Officer Jason Felts and Chief Creative Officer Justin Berfield.
• Virgin Radio — Virgin branded radio stations around the world.
  • Virgin Radio Asia — collection of station operating in India and Thailand including Virgin Soft, Hitz, Easy FM and Oui
  • 99.9 Virgin Radio FM — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format in Toronto, Ontario.
  • Virgin Radio 95.3FM — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Virgin Radio 96 FM — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format in Montreal, Quebec on 95.9 MHz.
  • 98.5 Virgin Radio - a Canadian radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format in Calgary, Alberta.
  • 104.9 Virgin Radio - a Canadian radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format in Edmonton, Alberta.
  • 103.1 Virgin Radio — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • Virgin Radio (France) — (Lagardère Active) a rebranding of the "Europe 2" radio station
  • Virgin Radio Italia
  • Virgin Radio Dubai
  • Virgin Radio India
  • Virgin Radio Jordan
  • Virgin Radio Thailand
  • Virgin Radio Turkey
• Virgin Records — record label now owned by EMI
• Virgin Spa — shop chain retailing Virgin Cosmetics product
• Virgin Trains — a railway operator in the United Kingdom
  • Virgin Trains ExpressCoach — Intercity bus & coach services
• Virgin Unite — charitable foundation
• Virgin Vacations — U.S. travel agency
• Virgin Video - Defunct video distribution company
  • Virgin Music Video - Defunct distributor of music related videos
• Virgin Vie At Home — retailer of body care, cosmetics, homeware and jewellery products through the Internet, direct selling and Virgin Vie stores (Sent into Administration in 2009, having been rebranded 9 months earlier as Effective Cosmetics (However still selling Virgin Vie branded products)
• Virgin Voucher — gift voucher scheme, also functions as a staff reward scheme
• Virgin Ware — clothes brand and retailer