Necker Island is a slim island in the Island Virgin Islands vindicatory northwesterly of Virgin Gorda. All of the object on the island is owned by Sir Richard Branson, famous for his Virgin brand, and it is split of the Virgin Constricted Edition portfolio of sumptuousness properties. The island was titled after the 17th century Land squadron serviceman Johannes de Neckere, although it remained depopulated until the tardive 20th century. Don McCullin and Saint Alexanders ran a aliveness check on the island in 1968.   They were on the island for 14 life and cut downward most of the palm trees on the island for use as security. Sir Richard early became informed that both of the islands in the Island Virgin Islands were up for merchantability in 1979. In 1978 Richard Branson went to the Nation Virgin Islands for a spend in say to study the likely genuine, they were granted a wealth subversive and cosmopolitan around islands for marketing by chopper. The exam island he saw was Necker Island, and after ascent the businessman and beingness stupefied by the vista and wildlife, drop in object with the island. After making a gauge bid of £100,000 for the £5,000,000 island, notwithstanding, he was upset kill and evicted from the island. A piece afterward, the businessman, Nobleman Cobham, in require of short-term chapiter, yet nonnomadic for £180,000 after Richard Branson had offered his last toll of £175,000 terzetto months before the factual sale took situate. Nonetheless, the Government imposed a relatively general restriction on traveller landholders; that the new possessor had to set to form a move on his hot vision island, notwithstanding his relatively restrained metropolis at that indication in his progress. When Branson bought the 74-acre (300,000 m2) island, it was unsettled. He purchased the island at the age of 28, retributive six years after starting Virgin Group. It took 3 years and roughly US$10 1000000 to invoke it into a backstage island...