Randolph Fields, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRandolph Fields
American businessman
Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1952
Date of Death: 24-Feb-1997
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Randolph Fields
- Randolph Fields (29 December 1952 in Santa Monica, California – 24 February 1997 in Jersey, Channel Islands) was an Anglo-American lawyer who founded British Atlantic Airways which later became Virgin Atlantic Airways.
- After differences with Richard Branson, Fields sold his share of Virgin Atlantic in 1985, becoming a sterling millionaire.
- He subsequently invested much of his fortune in the short-lived Highland Express Airways. Renowned in insurance circles as an expert on asbestos and environmental hazards coverage, his work involved weekly trans-Atlantic commuting where he took full advantage of lifetime complimentary upper class travel on Virgin Atlantic, long after being bought out. Fields was also a well-known poker player on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Principally known as a "cash" player, Fields won a European Poker Title and was a fixture at the major poker tournaments in Las Vegas, including the WSOP.
- Fields was an early financial backer of Phil Hellmuth. In The Independent David Spanier wrote this assessment : "Randolph Fields lit up any poker game he played in.
- Some players thought he was good value because he threw his chips into the pot with such abandon.
- Others recognised that beneath this swashbuckling play, Randolph had a pretty sharp mind for cards.
- I often saw him demolish the table by his aggressive betting in tournaments.
- Above all he brought a boyish enthusiasm to the game, a zest for a good gamble, which is quite rare these days." Randolph fields had an identical twin brother Robbie Fields, owner of Posh Boy Records.
- Fields' older brother is well known London-based fashion mogul Gifi Fields.
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