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Rest in Peace Fred Smith, Founder of FedEx (and Maybe the Luckiest Entrepreneur of All Time)
After a last-ditch financing effort fell through, Frock said he learned Smith had taken an unorthodox approach to handling the cash problem. As Frock wrote in Changing How the World Does Business: FedEx’s Incredible Journey to Success:
By Alex Traub Frederick W. Smith, who bet everything he had on a plan to ... He was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1969. Mr. Smith started Federal Express in 1973 with a fleet of ...
America is losing some of the great entrepreneurs of the 20th century, and among the greatest was the FedEx founder Fred Smith, who died this weekend at age 80. Frederick W. Smith was born ...
Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx and a celebrated entrepreneur who frequented Washington, DC, died Saturday at 80.
Memphis is mourning the death of FedEx founder Fred Smith, who died June 21 at the age of 80. "Fred Smith was the most significant Memphian in history. He benefited our city in every way possible and ...
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 ...
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