Vodafone's Boss Has Given Us Years of Static
Vittorio Colao’s 10 years as boss of Vodafone Group Plc. can be split into two acts: pre- and post-Verizon Communications Inc. The years since have been a different story – Vodafone has underperformed all three. The U.S. company has subsequently outperformed Vodafone, but only in the past three years, and investors in the British carrier received Verizon stock as part of the deal, on top of a special dividend.