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 ...
Deep inside a huge warehouse-like building on the grounds of Memphis International Airport lies the Federal Express Corp.'s "primary matrix." It is a spider web of 80 conveyor belts that churn at ...
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 ...
FedEx has been mulling the future of FedEx Freight, which remains a standalone unit in the company while it consolidates its other segments. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images The two segments ...
Federal Express has begun offering expedited U.S. passport services at its 2,000 retail locations nationwide in partnership with online service RushMyPassport. The service enables procrastinating ...