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

According to The Guardian, French billionaire Xavier Niel has become Vodafone's largest shareholder, acquiring a sixteen percent stake for four point four billion pounds through his investment vehicle Vega. The Emirati telecoms group e&, which first invested in Vodafone in twenty twenty-two, has sold its entire shareholding in the company.

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