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French billionaire becomes Vodafone’s largest shareholder with £4.4bn stake

Business | The Guardian France 10 July 2026, 11:05 UTC 1h ago
French billionaire becomes Vodafone’s largest shareholder with £4.4bn stake
Business | The Guardian

Xavier Niel buys 16% through investment vehicle Vega after Emirati telecoms group e& sells shareholding The French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel has become Vodafone’s largest shareholder after buying a 16% stake for £4.4bn. On Friday the Emirati telecoms group e&, which first took a stake worth £3.3bn in Vodafone in 2022 , announced the sale of its entire shareholding for 112.5p a share. Continue reading...

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