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 ...

Smith’s son, Richard Smith (president and CEO of airline and international at FedEx), said his father always believed deeply in the power of sports on community.

Mr. Smith used some of his family inheritance to start FedEx, although he soon began to run out of money: Roger Frock, an early FedEx executive, wrote in 2006 that not long after the company began ...

Frederick W. Smith, visionary of FedEx. Credit - Alex Wong—Getty Images The last time I saw Fred Smith was just a few weeks ago, at a meeting in Nashville. We were taking a quick break from an ...

Smith orchestrated FedEx’s initial three-year, multimillion dollar sponsorship commitment in June 1986 – a massive boost for the event, which went from the St. Jude Memphis Classic to the ...

Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80.

FedEx founder Fred Smith overcame childhood Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome to become a pilot and serve in the Marines. Smith was a close friend of John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee of ...

Fred Smith, who pioneered the express delivery industry when he founded FedEx more than 50 years ago, died at the age of 80 in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, June 21.

Zach Randolph was once among the best forwards in the NBA when he played for the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies play at the FedEx Forum, and it was recently announced that Fred Smith (FedEx's ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80. Video above: Remembering those we've lost in 2025 ...