Frederick W. Smith, who revolutionized express delivery as the founder and longtime chief executive of FedEx, a company that ...

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Fred Smith, FedEx’s billionaire founder and CEO, dies at 80. Overseeing a fleet of planes from his headquarters in Memphis, he transformed package delivery by promising overnight shipments.

FedEx and its competitors played crucial roles in the delivery of critical supplies. When vaccines were ready for distribution in early 2021, FedEx carried some of the first shipments.

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When he was a student at Yale in 1965, Fred Smith wrote an economics paper that spelled out his idea for a nationwide ...

Fred Smith, who pioneered the express delivery industry when he founded FedEx more than 50 years ago, died at the age of 80 in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, June 21.

Fred Smith launched FedEx Express in 1973 with a fleet of 14 Dassault Falcon converted business jets. (Photo: FedEx) The rise of FedEx Corp. from a startup express carrier with a few aircraft to the ...

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx who helped create the overnight delivery industry, changing the way businesses and consumers get the goods they purchased, has died. He was 80 years old.