Who are Eve Branson’s Children? Meet Vanessa Branson, Richard Branson, and Linette J. Branson

Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt) was a British philanthropist, child welfare advocate, and the mother of Richard Branson. She served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRENS) during World War II. After the war, she toured West Germany as a ballet dancer and later worked as an airline hostess.

She was a board member of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and an accomplished writer, publishing travel articles, novels, children’s books, and her autobiography, Mum’s the Word: The High-Flying Adventures of Eve Branson. In 2008, she became the first mother to have a spaceship named in her honour—Virgin Galactic’s VMS Eve.

Evette “Eve” Huntley Branson (née Flindt) married Major Edward James “Ted” Branson on October 15, 1949. A former cavalry officer, Ted passed away on March 19, 2011, at 93. The couple had three children: Vanessa, Richard Branson, and Linette J. Branson.

Vanessa Branson

Vanessa Branson was born in the United Kingdom on June 3, 1959. She is an English businesswoman, art patron, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Marrakech Biennale and the youngest child of Eve and Edward James “Ted” Branson, making her the sister of Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group.

From 1986 to 1991, she ran the Vanessa Devereux Gallery in London. Between 1999 and 2004, she co-curated The Wonderful Fund Collection, showcasing emerging artists and first exhibited at the Museum of Marrakesh.

2005, she launched the Arts in Marrakech Festival, later renamed the Marrakech Biennale. Branson also owns and manages Eilean Shona, an island off Scotland’s west coast, which hosts a residency program for members of the Royal Society of Sculptors. In May 2020, she published her memoir, One Hundred Summers.

Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born in Blackheath, London, on July 18, 1950. He is an English business magnate and the founder of the Virgin Group. He is the son of Eve Branson (1924–2021) and Edward James “Ted” Branson (1918–2011).

Branson’s entrepreneurial career began at 16 with the launch of Student magazine. In 1970, he founded a mail-order record business, which grew into Virgin Records, one of the world’s leading independent record labels.

Over the decades, he expanded the Virgin brand into various industries, launching Virgin Atlantic Airways (1984), Virgin Trains (1996), and Virgin Galactic (2004), pioneering commercial space travel. Beyond business, Branson remains active in philanthropy, advocating for social causes through his foundation, Virgin Unite.

Linette J. Branson

Linette J. Branson was born in the early 1960s in the United Kingdom, though her birth date remains undisclosed. She is the daughter of Edward James “Ted” Branson (1918–2011) and Eve Branson (1924–2021) and the younger sister of Vanessa Branson and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group. While details about her career and personal life remain private, she is primarily known as a member of the Branson family.