Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) world, the challenge begins at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with the top 10 new innovations progressing to the finals at Necker Island where Branson joins the judging panel along with technology figures and investors from Silicon Valley. The Necker Cup, an exhibition tennis tournament held at the end of the tennis season, has been held on the island annually since 2012. In February 2017, former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle visited Necker as guests of Sir Richard Branson. On August 22, 2011, The Great House burned down in a blaze believed to be
Necker–Sharpe Funeral Home there are factories on the upper floors and a restaurant on the ground floor. Necker died suddenly in 1916 at the age of 45, leaving his wife and small children, and the business deteriorated. Soon the only funeral home left was a small branch. named Mrs. William Necker & Sons. In 1943, the oldest son William Jr., the principal operator, also died. In 1948, the remaining Necker family purchased the S.R Sharpe Funeral Home consolidating into the Necker-Sharpe Funeral Home. In 1958, the Necker sold the business to Harold Azmelian, a former employee, which he operated until 1979. The current