Just Back from Necker Island, British Virgin Islands

On the morning of September 8, 2017, the staff of Necker Island gathered in the open-sided living room of the Great House, waiting for Hurricane Irma to hit. The estate of billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, Necker is a 74-acre private island in the British Virgin Islands, which Branson both lives on and rents out to guests as a takeover property for a cool $77,750 per night for up to 30 guests. The staff of 50 was used to tropical storms, which are common in the fall, and had been tra...