Skip to Content

    Founder

    Richard Bailey

    Founder, The Brando

    Discipline
    Founder
    Portrait of Richard Bailey

    i. Biography

    Richard Bailey is the founder and longtime leader behind The Brando, the luxury eco-resort on Tetiaroa in French Polynesia, a project built around Marlon Brando’s vision for a sustainable private-island retreat. He is also described by organizations focused on sustainable hospitality as the founder of Pacific Beachcomber and of the Tetiaroa Society, and as a recognized pioneer in sustainable hospitality. Public coverage credits him with bringing The Brando to fruition and opening the resort in 2014.