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.

FedEx has named a new chairman after founder Fred Smith died over the weekend. The post FedEx names new chairman to replace ...

FedEx founder Fred Smith, a Marine Corps veteran who revolutionized package delivery, dies at 80 (Associated Press) MEMPHIS, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fred Smith, the visionary behind FedEx and a pioneer of the global express logistics model, has died at the age of 80. FedEx ...

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: ...

FedEx founder Fred William Smith, who transformed a package delivery startup into a global logistics powerhouse, leaves ...

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 ...