2. Vodafone is a British multinational telecommunications
company
It is headquartered in London
It is the world's second largest mobile telecommunications
company
It has 434 million subscribers as of 31 March 2014
Vodafone owns and operates networks in 26 countries
Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides
telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in
150 countries
Vodafone has a primary listing on the London Stock
Exchange and, is the third-largest of any company listed on
the London Stock Exchange.
3. CAREER
He started his career at investment
bank in London.
In 1986 he worked on media, telecommunications
in McKinsey & Co.
In 1996 he joined Omnitel Italia as a Chief
Operating Officer.
He became Regional CEO, Southern Europe in
2001 and joined the main board in 2002.
he left Vodafone for Italian publishing company
RCS Media Group, where he became CEO in July
2004.
4. CHALLENGES FACING
To position Vodafone as the world's leading data
services company
To streamline Vodafone and reduce it to core
activities and markets, without selling things too
cheaply or hastily
To give Vodafone a much more user-friendly image,
to make it caring, inclusive and responsible
5. The name Vodafone comes from
voice data fone, chosen by
the company to "reflect the
provision of voice and data
services over mobile phones.
6. The Vodafone company was formed in 1991
It is a Public Limited Company
It Serves the area World Wide
There are 1,01,443 employees as in 2015
7. Vittorio Amedeo Colao was born 3
October 1961,in United Kingdom.
His Nationality is Italian.
Hobbies Cycling, football
He was Married in 1992.
Now his wife and two children live with
him in England.
8. EDUCATION…He received a business degree from Bocconi
University
…And an MBA from the Harvard Business School.