Lots of pictures of Richard Branson picking up women

Sir Richard has something of a penchant for sweeping women off their feet, it seems

The London Olympics aren’t the best of times for business journalists. This fortnight seems to have left us with a distinct lack of cataclysmic crashes, an absence of astonishing acquisitions, and a desperate dearth of dire downgrades and dividends.

So our attentions here at LondonlovesBusiness.com have wandered somewhat to the fringes of the business news field. And that’s when we found our new favourite blog: RICHARD BRANSON PICKING UP WOMEN.

Now, we couldn’t lift the images directly from richardbransonpickingupwomen.tumblr.com for copyright reasons. But don’t worry, because we found tons more on the image library we subscribe to. So take a peek at these cheeky (occasionally cheek-flashing) shots, then head over to RICHARD BRANSON PICKING UP WOMEN on Tumblr to further sate your appetite.

Richard Branson picking up models

Sir Richard Branson carries model Kate Moss along the wing of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 at Heathrow

Kate Moss gets a lift along the wing of a Boeing 747 at Heathrow, to celebrate Virgin Atlantic’s 25th anniversary in 2009

Richard Branson picking up a model

Sir Richard picks up the winner of a modelling competition in 2000

Richard Branson picking up model Maddy Ford

Richard Branson picking up model Maddy Ford in 2002, to launch the new Virgin.net Broadband service

HOT GOSSIP NEWSFLASH

A few months back, we went to see Sir Rich launch his new venture, Virgin Pure. After publishing the video below, we got a call from the PR people to ask us to edit out the bit showing Branson picking up his lady business partner. (We didn’t.)

Had they seen our favourite blog and realised all this picking up of ladyfolk looked a little, well, sleazy? You decide, dear reader…

Richard Branson picking up Dita Von Teese: triple whammy

Richard Branson carries Dita Von Teese at the press launch of Virgin Media in Covent Garden, 2007

Sir Richard Branson and Dita Von Teese pose for photographers at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, USA to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Virgin Atlantic