His father being a high court judge was more important than the money. Richard took quite a few people to court in the early days of Virgin in Portobello Road. BTW The Manor was his property, but he only had a small share of the company that built, ran and owned the studio.

His basic MO until he sold the record division was to fund start-ups according to an agreed business plan that paid him max 12% ROI. (i.e. a very good return), all other profits went to the highly motivated owner/workers. However he was brutal if things didn't go according to plan. But to me this was a very smart plan.

But for all the smart business, Virgin would have disappeared without Tubular Bells.

You can't be me, I'm taken