Overseeing a fleet of cargo planes from his headquarters in Memphis, he transformed package delivery by promising overnight ...

It's hard to imagine a Memphis household that wasn't affected in some way, large (employment) or small (the Grizzlies), by ...

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

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

When FedEx began in 1971, the idea of overnight delivery was a fantasy to most. The tech wasn’t there, the infrastructure ...

Delivery giant FedEx has lost its founder. Frederick W. Smith, the founder of FedEx, has died at the age of 80 ...

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 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Founder of the FedEx Corporation, Fred Smith, has died Saturday at 80. Smith was born in 1944 in Marks, ...

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

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: ...

Federal Express founder and air cargo industry innovator Frederick Wallace Smith has died at the age of 80. Recognised as a ...