Residence United Kingdom Role Businessman Name Vittorio Colao | Spouse(s) Married 1992 Nationality Italian | |
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Born 3 October 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-10-03 ) Brescia Alma mater Bocconi University
Harvard University Known for Omnitel Pronto Italia COO
RCS MediaGroup CEO
Vodafone CEO Salary £8,927,000 (2014, total compensation) Education Harvard Business School, Bocconi University, Harvard University Similar People Gerard Kleisterlee, Ernest Harrison, Gerry Whent | ||
Vodafone group ceo vittorio colao at digitising europe summit of vodafone institute
Vittorio Amedeo Colao (born 3 October 1961) is an Italian businessman, chief executive officer at Vodafone Group.
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- Vodafone group ceo vittorio colao at digitising europe summit of vodafone institute
- Profile vittorio colao chief executive vodafone london business school
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Profile vittorio colao chief executive vodafone london business school
Early life
The son of an officer in the Carabinieri, he was born in Brescia. He received a business degree from Bocconi University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Career
He started his career at investment bank Morgan Stanley in London. He joined the Milan office of McKinsey & Co in 1986, where as a Partner he worked on media, telecommunications and industrial goods sectors and was responsible for office recruitment.
In 1996 he joined Omnitel Pronto Italia, rising to chief operating officer before its take over to become Vodafone Italy. He became regional CEO, Southern Europe in 2001 and joined the main board in 2002. After missing out on the CEO's job, taken by his friend Arun Sarin, and having a purchase of a Bulgarian mobile company blocked, he left Vodafone for Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup, where he became CEO in July 2004.
After shareholder criticism of the publishing group's strategy and governance, he resigned from RCS MediaGroup following the company's board meeting in September, rejoining Vodafone in October 2006 as CEO Europe and succeeding Sir Julian Horn-Smith as deputy CEO.
Commenting to the Italian press in 2007 that he had no interest in taking the CEO's job at Telecom Italia, Colao succeeded Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin on 29 July 2008.
In 2015, he was appointed as a non-executive director of Unilever.
Personal life
Married in 1992, his wife and two children reside with him in England. Colao is a reserve officer in the Carabinieri.