Richard Branson double-booked his own job interview. The candidate stuck in traffic with him for 2.5 hours is now Virgin’s CEO | Fortune0

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• August 29, 2026

A job interview with Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin brand, is likely to be nerve-racking enough on its own. But when then-31-year-old lawyer Josh Bayliss arrived at Branson’s London mansion for what he expected to be a fairly standard interview, Branson realized he had another appointment across town—and was already running late.