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  1. 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. On June 1, 2022, Smith stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman, and was replaced by Raj Subramaniam. [1]

  2. www.fedex.com › leadership › frederick-w-smithFrederick W. Smith | FedEx

    Having founded FedEx in 1971, Frederick W. Smith is currently the executive chairman for FedEx Corp. and its operating companies. Learn more about the strategic direction he provides.

  3. Jun 28, 2024 · Frederick W. Smith (born August 11, 1944, Marks, Mississippi, U.S.) is an American business executive who founded (1971) Federal Express (later called FedEx), one of the largest express-delivery companies in the world.

  4. Jun 8, 2022 · Frederick W. Smith, president of Federal Express, in a photo from September 25, 1976. After four years of service in the Marines, he launched the original air-ground Federal Express network, which began operations in 1973 to serve the rapidly growing high-tech, high-value-added sectors of the economy Smith had predicted.

  5. www.fedex.com › en-us › aboutLeadership | FedEx

    FedEx Corporate Leadership. Frederick W. Smith. Founder and Executive Chairman. VIEW FREDERICK SMITH'S BIO. Raj Subramaniam. President, CEO, and Director. VIEW RAJ SUBRAMANIAM'S BIO. Mark Allen. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

  6. Apr 12, 2023 · Rock-y start: Frederick W. Smith — or Fred Smith, as he is generally known — founded his Federal Express company in Little Rock, Arkansas, incorporating the name in 1971. 2. Hail, Yale: Smith...

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  8. Frederick W. Smith, the founder of FedEx, was born in 1944 in Marks, Mississippi. While an undergraduate at Yale University in 1965, Smith wrote an economics paper observing that as society...

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