How Sir Richard Bransonâs US dream went off the rails
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By Oliver Gill
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Publicly there was little to suggest that Sir Richard Branson and Wes Edens were anything other than the best of friends last year.
The Virgin Group chief heaped praise on Edens, the outdoor-loving founder of United States investment giant Fortress, as they rolled out Virgin Trains USA, the countryâs first privately funded passenger rail service in more than a century.
The Brightline deal was one piece of Sir Richard Bransonâs master plan to dominate the US travel and transportation market.