Besides Branson (along with his wife, Joan), Pinchuk and Tan, the new Pledgers are: Andrew and Nicola Forrest (Australia), Patrice and Precious Motsepe (South Africa), Hasso Plattner (Germany), Vladimir Potanin (Russia), Azim Premji (India) and John Caudwell, Chris and Jamie Cooper-Hohn, Mo Ibrahim, David Sainsbury (all from the U.K).

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Vaughn is in his 60s, with silver hair that hangs below his shoulders, a wiry white goatee, a slight, tan frame on which hangs naught but muscle, and squint-lines trenched around clear, pale blue eyes.

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Recently, he spoke with Gillian Tan and Enda Curran in Sydney about his views on the role of boards and what Australia can learn from the rest of Asia.

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"I'm a fan of Rahul's work at VoodooPC, and it is our shared passion for PC gaming and technological innovation that makes his involvement with Razer so relevant and exciting, " says Min-Liang Tan, Razer CEO.

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The man had on a headlamp with a tan cotton band, like some dentists wore, and a type of thick black marker in his breast pocket.

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As for Tan, with the All Asia Airways franchise in hand, he can always go ahead and start his new airline.

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