FedEx will hold an event to honor its late founder. A celebration of life will be held for Fred Smith from 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Aug. 11 at FedExForum. The Memphis-based logistics giant said the public ...

The story of Frederick W. Smith and his revolutionary overnight delivery company, FedEx, is familiar to many people, especially Memphians. It's perhaps not surprising that the story of a billionaire ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WREG) — Fred Smith, founder of FedEx Corporation and a Marine Corps veteran, has died. Smith died on Saturday at the age of 80, sources confirmed to Nexstar’s WREG. FedEx later ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Founder of the FedEx Corporation, Fred Smith, has died Saturday at 80. Smith was born in 1944 in Marks, Mississippi, before going on to earn his undergraduate degree at Yale College ...

Fred Smith, the visionary who turned a college paper into the global shipping powerhouse FedEx, has died. He was 80. Although he stepped down as CEO in 2022, Smith's influence on how the world ships ...

AutoZone founder Pitt Hyde held a close friendship with late FedEx founder Fred Smith for much of his life. Hyde described him as a “renaissance man" and said he was always impressed with how ...

FedEx has announced that Fred Smith, the company's founder, is stepping down as CEO on June 1. Smith will be replaced by President and Chief Operating Officer Raj Subramaniam. The company said Smith ...

Fred Smith, a military veteran who founded express delivery giant FedEx, died of natural causes at age 80 on June 21 Smith used the remaining the company's last $5,000 and gambled it in Las Vegas, ...

Memphis International Airport has filed an application with the Federal Aviation Administration for the name Frederick W. Smith International Airport.

FedEx Corp. plans to pay tribute to its late founder, Fred Smith, every year on his birthday. Raj Subramaniam, president and CEO of FedEx Corp., said Aug. 11 will become a day a service for the ...

Frederick W. Smith, who revolutionized express delivery as the founder and longtime chief executive of FedEx, a company that became so ubiquitous its name gained currency as a verb, died June 21 in ...

The FedEx St. Jude Championship stopped at 2:59 p.m. on Aug. 9. The third round of the tournament was briefly paused as organizers held a moment of silence for FedEx founder Fred Smith, who died in ...