Before launching FedEx, Smith served two tours in Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and earned the Silver Star for combat ...

Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said.

Smith has been a major supporter of free trade, in contrast to the push for tariffs and barriers pursued by the current U.S. administration. Yet, the New York Times reported that FedEx’s corporate tax ...

When FedEx began in 1971, the idea of overnight delivery was a fantasy to most. The tech wasn’t there, the infrastructure wasn’t ready, and the skeptics were loud. Smith charged forward anyway. Smith ...

After a last-ditch financing effort fell through, Frock said he learned Smith had taken an unorthodox approach to handling the cash problem. As Frock wrote in Changing How the World Does Business: ...

By Alex Traub Frederick W. Smith, who bet everything he had on a plan to revolutionize freight transport, courting disaster early on but ultimately winning vindication in the form of power in ...

The FedEx Corp. board of directors has elected R. Brad Martin as chairman to replace founder and executive chairman Frederick ...

In 1999, FedEx signed a 27-year deal worth $205 million for the naming rights to the Washington NFL franchise's stadium.

Jack Sammons spent a portion of Saturday with the FedEx founder: “No matter how routine our regular conversations ... every ...

Frederick W. Smith, the founder of FedEx, died Saturday, according to an announcement from the company. He was 80 years old.

Founder of the FedEx Corporation Fred Smith has died Saturday at 80. Smith was born in 1944 in Marks, Mississippi before going on to earn his undergraduate degree at Yale College where he ultimately ...