Richard Branson admitted that his late wife Joan Templeman managed his family's money before her death. The devastated Virgin boss announced on Tuesday that his wife of 36 years had passed away aged 80 . Despite overseeing a global business empire worth hundreds of millions of pounds for decades, the 75-year-old billionaire admitted that it was Joan who truly understood the value of money, while he often spent freely on “silly things” and the latest gadgets. When asked how they handled their personal finances, Richard told My Virgin Money Magazine: "I'd say on the day-to-day running of our finances, my wife Joan is streets ahead of me.

"She knows the value of things and looks after our money well. When our personal credit card statements arrive, she looks through them to see that everyt

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