Stephen Ridgway, CBE (born 29 September 1951) is a British business executive best known for having been the CEO of Virgin Atlantic.
Ridgway was born in Tavistock, Devon, and grew up on a farm in Bantham near Salcombe.
He gained an Economics BSc degree (awarded by the University of London) from Oxford Polytechnic.
He moved to Miami and began his business career working for a builder of power boats, Ted Toleman.
He announced his retirement as CEO of Virgin Atlantic on 10 September 2012, and left the company on 1 February 2013.