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Billionaire Richard Branson buys stake in space tech fund Seraphim

Published 07/12/2021, 04:07 PM
Updated 07/12/2021, 04:11 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson departs with his crew prior to boarding, for travel to the edge of space in Virgin Galactic's passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S., July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Joe S

(Reuters) - British billionaire Richard Branson has bought a stake in space tech fund Seraphim Space Investment Trust as part of a 178 million-pound ($246.99 million) initial public offering, London-based Seraphim said on Monday.

Airbus SE (OTC:EADSY) also participated in the IPO and was among other parties to buy shares of the company, according to an emailed statement by Seraphim, which is set to commence trading this week on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

The exact amount of those stakes was not disclosed by Seraphim. Bloomberg reported earlier on Monday that Branson had purchased stock in London-based Seraphim in a sale that closed on Friday.

($1 = 0.7207 pounds)

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Wait, didn't his company do a share offering today that plummeted share price? Did this guy dump shares to artificially lower the price of his stock while investing in a space fund? Seems fishy.
Chadwick rephrase your statement if we have less billionaires who would be there to motivate you or challenge or mentorship
I hope he blows up like the challenger did. We need less billionaires
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