FedEx announced plans for a celebration of life service for their late founder, Fred Smith, on Friday. The corporation said ...

"We ... look forward to operating out of a location that bears his name," FedEx said in a statement about naming the airport ...

Frederick W. Smith, founder of FedEx, has died at age 80. Smith's innovative express shipping company revolutionized air cargo, establishing the overnight delivery standard. He overcame early ...

Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80. FedEx started operating in 1973, delivering small parcels and documents ...

T o start the company we know today as FedEx, Frederick W. Smith took a step that many entrepreneurs do. He used a combination of his family’s money, as well as the approximately $690 million ...

Frederick W. Smith's death made international headlines, but he wasn't the first transportation-industry Fred Smith whose obituary was on the front page of the Memphis newspapers.

Frederick W. "Fred" Smith, whose Yale term paper sketching a coast-to-coast overnight-delivery network drew only a "C," used the same blueprint six years later to launch Federal Express FDX, ...

FedEx executives honored founder Fred Smith, who died June 21, during a quarterly earnings call. Smith's successor, Raj Subramaniam, shared his admiration for Smith's leadership and vision.

FedEx Corp. founder Frederick W. Smith underwent heart-bypass surgery but is expected to return soon to his duties as chairman and chief executive of the overnight-delivery company. Mr. Smith, 56 ...

The event will take place on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at FedExForum on what would have been Smith's 81st birthday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80. FedEx started operating in 1973, delivering small ...