Comment / Analysis: XPO break-up – a 'powerhouse' in no man's land

This isn’t meant to be a celebration of Brad Jacobs, but if there’s one executive dominating the industry landscape when it comes to logistics and corporate finance, that one is the mighty CEO and chairman of XPO Logistics*.

His remarks following the disclosure of a spin-off of the logistics business – typically ancillary in any transportation and logistics mix – left a lot to the imagination but little to the sharp vision that only a skilled insider can develop and execute ...