Verizon’s CEO on Peak Traffic, Cybersecurity, and Leading a Team from Home
April 3, 2020
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Hans Vestberg is running a $132 billion multinational company at the front lines of Internet and voice connectivity during this extraordinary Covid-19 pandemic, and he’s working from home like the rest of us. “We’re camping out here,” says the CEO of Verizon Communications from his New York City area home with his wife and two children, who are now attending school online. The Swedish national has been at Verizon for three years, previously serving as CTO. Before that, Vestberg was CEO at the big Swedish telecom Ericsson.