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December 16, 2025

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Brad Jacobs to Step Down as Chairman of XPO and GXO

Brad Jacobs joined XPO in 2011 and built it into one of North America’s largest transportation companies before spinning off GXO in 2021 and RXO in 2022. Read more…

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