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
Tycoon Talk Ma on a helicopter ride around Hong Kong island; and went for a drive with tycoon Sir Gordon Wu in a Nissan Leaf car. "Tycoon Talk" was broadcast in 2014 from August 7 to September 25, every Thursday from 21:30 to 10:00 on TVB Pearl. "Tycoon Talk Series 2: The Next Generation" was broadcast in 2015. Tycoon Talk Tycoon Talk is a business celebrity talk show broadcast on Hong Kong's TVB Pearl by film producer / host Sean Lee-Davies, who directed and hosted two series of eight episodes featuring Hong Kong's most recognised billionaires, business leaders and entrepreneurs. In those