By Laine Doss, Miami New Times; April 5, 2019
It’s about 5 p.m. and Richard Branson is visibly tired.
The owner of Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Hotels, and Virgin Galactic — to name a few of his hundreds of enterprises — has just officially announced the transformation of the Brightline to Virgin Trains USA. The 68-year-old spent the entire day holding pressers, riding trains, taking selfies, and even serving tea to unsuspecting passengers. Now he’s wrapping up the last interview of the day with me.