Umnumzana Richard Branson unika oobhontsi phezulu esihlalweni ngethuba kutyhilwa imodeli yesikali iVirgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 kwinkomfa yeendaba ngomhla wama-28 kweyoMsintsi, 2006 eNew York.DON EMMERT / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Ishishini lezokhenketho laseVirgin Galactic lisokola ukuphuma njengoko ubhubhane kunye novavanyo lokungaphumeleli kugcina ukubuyisela umva umhla wokuqala wenkonzo yayo yorhwebo. Kwaye umsunguli wayo uSir Richard Branson onobuqhetseba be-stock selloff wenzakalisa ukuzithemba kwabatyali mali kwinkampani.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, u-Branson ukhuphe izabelo zeVirgin Galactic ezixabisa i-500 yezigidi zeedola njengoko ubhubhane uthabathe amanye amashishini okuhamba nokuzonwabisa eVirgin Group. Kule veki, u-billionaire waphosa enye i-150 yezigidi zeedola kwi-Virgin Galactic stock, ukugcwaliswa kwangoLwesithathu kwe-SEC.
UBranson, kunye nezinto ezine eziphantsi kolawulo lwakhe (kubandakanya neQela leVirgin), bathengise izabelo ezingama-5,584,000 zeVirgin Galactic ngamaxabiso aphakathi kwe- $ 26.85 kunye ne- $ 28.73. Ixabiso lesabelo salo lawa kwipesenti ezili-14 ngoLwesine.
IVirgin Group inqwenela ukusebenzisa imali evela kule ntengiso ukuxhasa iipotifoliyo zayo zokuzonwabisa, iiholide kunye namashishini okuhamba aqhubeka nokuchaphazeleka yimpembelelo ye-COVID-19, inkampani ithe kwingxelo. Iqela leVirgin lihlala lisesona sabelo sabelo sikhulu kwiVirgin Galactic, enekota yenkampani.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, omnye wabanini zabelo ophambili, uSihlalo weVirgin Galactic u-Chamath Palihapitiya, oncede ukuthatha inkampani esidlangalaleni kwi-2019, uthengise yonke intonga yakhe kwinkampani , exabisa malunga ne-213 yezigidi zeedola. U-Palihapitiya uthe uceba ukuhambisa le mali kutyalo-mali olukhulu ekulweni utshintsho lwemozulu.
Iindaba zongeza ukungaqiniseki esele kuvele phakathi kwabatyali mali ngekamva leVirgin Galactic. Amanqaku omhlalutyi ayatyibilika. Kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo, abahlalutyi abasibhozo kwabasibhozo abagubungela izabelo ezilinganisiweyo zithengiwe, nge Iibhari . Kule nyanga, bane kuphela kwabahlalutyi abagubungela isitokhwe abanenqanaba lokuthenga.
Ngo-Meyi, inkampani iya kuvavanya ukubhabha isithuthi sayo i-SpaceShipTwo kwakhona emva kokuba umzamo wokuqala usilele kuDisemba ophelileyo.
Ukuxabisa kuyinkimbinkimbi kukungaqiniseki kwexesha elide, umhlalutyi waseBernstein uDouglas Harned wabhala inqaku ngoLwesibini. Ukusilela kwintlekele kuye nawuphi na umboneleli kunokuba nefuthe elibi kwimfuno yabo bonke. Silindele umngcipheko ngendiza nganye ukuba iphantsi. Kodwa, njengemisebenzi yokuhamba, amathuba engozi anokunyuka.
Kwicala lokusebenza, iVirgin Galactic ikwaphulukene nabaphathi abaphambili kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo. Igosa eliyintloko lezemali uJon Campagna wayishiya inkampani ngo-Matshi. (Uthathelwe indawo nguDoug Ahrens, oqeshwe ngaphandle.) Umphathi wexesha elide uGeorge Whitesides, otshintshele kwindima entsha ebizwa ngokuba ligosa lendawo yentloko ngoJulayi ophelileyo, wemka kwakula nyanga wayokulandela amathuba angaxelwanga kwinkonzo karhulumente. Uhlala njengoSihlalo weBhodi yeeNgcebiso ngeNdawo yaseVirgin Galactic.
Ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, igosa eliyintloko lokusebenza kweVirgin Galactic u-Enrico Palermo, owayephethe ukuveliswa kwesithuthi seSpaceShipTwo, washiya ebuyela kwilizwe lakhe lase-Australia njengenhloko entsha yeAustralia Space Agency.
IVirgin Galactic okwangoku ikhokelwe nguMichael Colglazier, owayesakuba ngumphathi weDisney, owajoyina uJulayi endaweni yeWhitesides.
