He came. He saw. He conquered. He stayed on for a while. He then left, making himself and his shareowners much richer than when he arrived.
If history is any guide, that will be Brad Jacobs’ arc at XPO Logistics Inc. (NYSE:XPO), the company he founded nearly a decade ago with a $150 million investment and grew into a $17 billion multinational behemoth that has been a massive wealth-builder for shareholders. Wednesday’s announcement that Greenwich, Connecticut-based XPO would split its...