British Virgin Islands for sale ?

Would you like to buy an island in the British Virgin Islands? This offshore jurisdiction consists of more than 60 islands, rocks and cays including Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Beef Island, Cooper Island, Ginger Island, Great Camanoe, Guana Island, Jost Van Dyke, Norman Island, Peter Island, Salt Island and many small islands clustered around the Sir Francis Drake Channel. Less than 20 of them are inhabited.

The most famous private island in the British Virgin Islands is Necker Island (near Virgin Gorda). It belongs to Sir Richard Branson and is used as exclusive holiday spot.

Sir Richard Branson founded the world-famous Virgin brand and succeded in attracting media attention with his marketing tactics. This British entrepreneur is good at starting new businesses. Then, he is just an interesting and popular public figure.

He is also famous for his balloon adventures. In 1985, he started his attempts to break world record by boat and hot air balloon. He reached his goal with some records, however one of his dreams – to set a record in circumnavigating the world in a hot air balloon – was not achieved. Each his attempt to set record is a large media event with colourful advertising of his Virgin Brand.

Sir Richard Branson has covered the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Europe, South Africa and Asia with his businesses. Just some of them are Virgin Atlantic (international airline), Virgin Megastores (music supermarkets), Virgin Books (book publishing and distributing), Virgin Credit Card, V2 Music (independent recording label, UK),Virgin Active (fitness clubs, UK), etc. The above-mentioned Necker Island is his another business located in one of the most attractive offshore destinations – the British Virgin Islands.

In 1993, Branson received the honorary degree of Doctor of Technology from Loughborough University. In 1999, he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to entrepreneurship – and became Sir Richard Branson. This international businessman also succeeded in writing books – mostly autobiographies.

One of his recent projects is a reality TV show "Rebel Billionaire" that got good ratings at first and was considered to be success by some and at the same time was claimed to be total failure by the others. Who knows?

The Virgin Brand is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and it could be called Branson's golden mine. It's not surprising that Sir Richard Branson chose exactly this country for buying an island of international business companies – most of his empire is built on the word "Virgin", so the British Virgin Islands was quite the logical and expected choice.

To return to where we started – private islands in the BVI, some of the most beautiful private British Virgin Islands are Peter Island, Guana Island, Marina Cay, Necker Island. Most of them offer splendid views with unique flora and fauna, comfortable accommodation and a wide selection of beaches, tennis courts, spa, pools, hiking trails, yachting, restaurants, beach bars.

So, at least theoretically, there is some space for couple's, family's or even individual's solitary paradise in the BVI.

Of course, today's blog is to some extent a joke and, most probably, you will not be able to buy such BVI as Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada or Jost Van Dyke – the main islands of the BVI, but each joke suggests some truth in it, and, if having desire, one could try to buy at least Sir Richard Branson's island on BVI.

Brian Obvi,
Offshore Analyst

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