{"id":10083,"date":"2023-05-20T15:37:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/parties-power-racing-meet-ovos-stephen-fitzpatrick-the-man-who-would-be-richard-branson\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:37:20","slug":"parties-power-racing-meet-ovos-stephen-fitzpatrick-the-man-who-would-be-richard-branson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/parties-power-racing-meet-ovos-stephen-fitzpatrick-the-man-who-would-be-richard-branson\/","title":{"rendered":"Parties, power, racing: meet Ovo\u2019s Stephen Fitzpatrick, the man who would be Richard Branson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He emulates the Virgin founder\u2019s freewheeling portfolio career. But he is also the tycoon behind a major UK power supplier dealing with an energy crisis. Is he spreading himself too thin?<\/p>\n<p>Pink flamingos once strolled around a rooftop garden set high above the traffic of Kensington High Street in west London, where stars including Madonna and George Harrison rubbed shoulders with the business elite.<\/p>\n<p>The exclusive party venue was owned by Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin for 37 years before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2018\/jan\/03\/kensington-roof-gardens-to-close-after-more-than-35-years\" title=\"\">closing in 2018 after struggling to make a profit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/may\/20\/parties-power-racing-meet-ovos-stephen-fitzpatrick-the-man-who-would-be-richard-branson\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f2ae73c0098b038f664c4e359e860a1a992d9512\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=68a167176836498a73e707dd1450e999\" title=\"Parties, power, racing: meet Ovo\u2019s Stephen Fitzpatrick, the man who would be Richard Branson\" \/>He emulates the Virgin founder\u2019s freewheeling portfolio career. But he is also the tycoon behind a major UK power supplier dealing with an energy crisis. Is he spreading himself too thin?<br \/>\nPink flamingos once strolled around a rooftop garden set high above the traffic of Kensington High Street in west London, where stars including Madonna and George Harrison rubbed shoulders with the business elite.<br \/>\nThe exclusive party venue was owned by Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin for 37 years before closing in 2018 after struggling to make a profit. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He emulates the Virgin founder\u2019s freewheeling portfolio career. But he is also the tycoon behind a major UK power supplier dealing with an energy crisis. Is he spreading himself too thin? Pink flamingos once strolled around a rooftop garden set high above the traffic of Kensington High Street in west London, where stars including Madonna &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/parties-power-racing-meet-ovos-stephen-fitzpatrick-the-man-who-would-be-richard-branson\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parties, power, racing: meet Ovo\u2019s Stephen Fitzpatrick, the man who would be Richard Branson<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}