India, Nov. 12 -- Dan Schulman, the chief executive officer of Verizon and former PayPal head, recently revealed that he turned down the offer to lead the telecommunications giant several times before agreeing to return to corporate life in October 2025. Schulman, who had retired in 2023 after nearly a decade at PayPal, was enjoying life on a Montana ranch with his wife, Summerly, and around 900 cattle when Verizon's board approached him.

Speaking to Fortune on the latest episode of 'Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry', Schulman said he initially had little interest in taking up another demanding CEO role. "I really didn't want to come back into the CEO job. These jobs are all-consuming. You're putting in 10 to 14 hours a day...