FedEx founder Frederick Wallace Smith, whose express shipping company revolutionized air cargo transportation and set the standard for absolutely, positively overnight delivery, died of natural causes ...

FedEx founder Frederick Wallace Smith, whose express shipping company revolutionized air cargo transportation and set the standard for "absolutely, positively" overnight delivery, died on June 21, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An aerospace expert and Managing Director of The Lundquist Group. On June 21, Fred W. Smith, founder of Federal Express, passed ...

Fred Smith died Saturday at age 80. Read Forbes’ 1977 profile of Smith, from bone cancer, to war, to the billionaires list. Frederick Wallace Smith, the billionaire founder of FedEx, passed away at ...

Smith once said he came up with the name Federal Express because he wanted the company to sound big and important when in fact it was a start-up... MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder ...

Created in 1971, the Federal Express Corporation, an overnight air freight delivery system was an innovative company known for its memorable advertising campaigns. The core of the Federal Express ...

Fred Smith's innovative express shipping company revolutionized air cargo, establishing the overnight delivery standard. He built FedEx into a global shipping giant from a concept in a college term ...

Andrew Harnik / AP 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 ...