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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 ...
Smith was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 27, 1982. His father is FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith. [1] Smith attended Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland, where he played on the offensive line and was team captain. He also saw some action at defensive tackle. Smith also participated in track, lacrosse, and basketball.
Adam Smith had worked for one employer, FedEx, for nearly a quarter of a century. But for the past 50 years, and nearly all of Smith's tenure, FedEx itself wasn't operating as a single business.
FedEx founder and executive chairman Fred Smith speaks with FedEx pilots as they conduct an informational picket in front of the FedEx executive headquarters, 942 Shady Grove Road in Memphis, to ...
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.
Fred Smith's record $50 million donation to the University of Memphis only scratches the surface for why he is the Memphis sports person of the year
FedEx supplied an MD-11 and a leased 747 for the flight test phase. FedEx Express became the first air carrier to deploy the Guardian on a commercial flight in September 2006, when it equipped an MD-11 freighter with the pod. [93] [94] By December 2007, the company had nine aircraft equipped with the system for further testing and evaluation. [95]