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By Alex Traub Frederick W. Smith, who bet everything he had on a plan to ... In a 1993 book, “Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator,” the journalist ...
Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx and a celebrated entrepreneur who frequented Washington, DC, died Saturday at 80.
FedEx founder Frederick Smith, also the father of Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith, passed away at 80.
Leaders around the area responded to his death. Former Memphis mayor Jim Strickland said, “Fred Smith was the most important Memphian of all time. He benefitted our city in every way possible, and he ...