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Frederick Wallace Smith (born August 11, 1944) is an American business magnate and investor. He is the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest transportation company. Smith stepped down as CEO in June 2022 and was succeeded by Raj Subramaniam. [1]
Long before Fred Smith was the billionaire founder of FedEx, he was a Vietnam veteran with a love of flying and a small fleet of planes for hire.“I would be flying these parts and pieces from ...
On March 29, 2022, founder Frederick W. Smith announced he would be retiring as CEO and become executive chairman effective June 1, 2022. The company named Raj Subramaniam , FedEx's current president and COO, as Smith's successor.
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Smith, 77, who has led FedEx as its chairman and CEO for most of his tenure, took his college term paper idea and created a transportation giant. FedEx founder Fred Smith stepping down as CEO ...
Memphis is home to some of the greatest industry leaders of the 20th Century — and central among them is FedEx founder Fred Smith.
The following is a transcript of an interview with FedEx chairman and CEO Fred Smith that aired Sunday, November 7, 2021, on "Face the Nation."
In 1997, Fred Smith, founder of FedEx, contacted Dan Sullivan, co-founder of RPS and now president of Caliber System, about merging the two companies. FedEx, which at the time only offered air services, was under pressure from UPS which offered both air and ground services.