The story of Frederick W. Smith and his revolutionary overnight delivery company, FedEx, is familiar to many people, especially Memphians. It's perhaps not surprising that the story of a billionaire ...

Frederick W. Smith, who revolutionized express delivery as the founder and longtime chief executive of FedEx, a company that became so ubiquitous its name gained currency as a verb, died June 21 in ...

Two of FedEx founder Fred Smith's daughters Samantha "Sam" Atkinson (staff director, global public policy-government affairs at FedEx) and Molly Heussenstamm (better known as Molly Smith, a movie ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — 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 ...

FedEx executives paid tribute to the logistics giant's founder, Fred Smith, during a quarterly earnings call on June 24. Smith, who died June 21 at 80, led FedEx as its chairman and CEO for the vast ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80. FedEx started ...

Fred Smith, the founder, executive chairman, and long-time chairman and CEO of FedEx Corporation (CCJ Top 250, No. 1), passed away at the age of 80 from natural causes in Memphis, the company ...

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx and a former minority owner of Washington’s NFL franchise, has died at the age of 80. Smith also leaves behind a major sports legacy through long-standing partnerships ...