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Simon Draper
Acting
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Biography
Simon Draper is a British and South African businessman and co-founder of Virgin Records along with his cousin Richard Branson. He was chairman of Virgin Records, and owned 15% of the label. He is credited for the avant-garde musical and creative direction of the record label, and for signing and promoting hit music artists including Human League, Can, Mike Oldfield, Phil Collins, Culture Club and the Sex Pistols. Following the sale of Virgin Records to EMI in 1992 for $1 billion, he founded th...
