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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.
FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation, is an American ground package delivery company headquartered in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The company began as Roadway Package System ( RPS ), founded in 1985 by transportation company Roadway Services Inc. , later renamed Caliber System.
FedEx's other main competitor is the United States Postal Service (USPS), as USPS offers an overnight service (Priority Mail Express), a 2-5 day service (Priority Mail), and an economy/ground service (First Class, Parcel Select Ground).
FedEx founder and executive chairman Fred Smith on stage with Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon at the 13th annual Goldman Sachs Builders & Innovation Summit on October 17, 2024 in Healdsburg ...
In late 2018, he was promoted to the CEO of FedEx's legacy Express business. [12] After retirement of David J. Bronczek in 2019, Subramaniam was named the COO. [13] [14] He joined the FedEx board in January 2020. [9] [15] Subramaniam replaced FedEx founder Fred Smith as the President and CEO on June 1, 2022.
The company's customers include UPS and FedEx Ground operators and the armored transport company Loomis. [ 4 ] Future products announced by the company include a medium-duty box truck/chassis cab and a heavy-duty semi-truck .
FedEx Office Print & Ship Services Inc. (doing business as FedEx Office; formerly FedEx Kinko's, and earlier simply Kinko's) is an American retail chain that provides an outlet for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground (including Home Delivery) shipping, as well as copying, printing, marketing, office services and shipping.
Jim Barksdale, FedEx COO at the time of the Zapmail launch, went on to become CEO of McCaw Cellular and later of Netscape. Fred Smith, founder and CEO, has been described as follows: “A guy like Fred Smith doesn’t build a company like FedEx without taking some risks and making some mistakes, but clearly the successes far outweigh the ...