Richard Branson's Necker Island home has been completely destroyed by Hurricane Irma - but the Virgin tycoon survived the deadly storm. The British billionaire retreated to his concrete bunker as the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic hit his Caribbean complex on Wednesday. His son Sam Branson took to Instagram to tell his followers that his father and his staff were 'OK' - but stressed there had been 'lots of damage' to Necker and said one person was dead on the island of Tortola.