When in 1982, the island of Necker acquired millionaire Richard Branson, he arranged it for his own holiday.
On July 11, 1789, finance minister Jacques Necker, who was already not in good standing with the King,
was fired for suggesting that the royal family go on a budget to help conserve funds.
Necker Island is the name of the private island
of the eccentric billionaire Richard Branson, located in the area of the Virgin Islands, where this past Wednesday Hurricane Irma has passed destroying everything in its path.