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

Veteran Fred Smith, who founded FedEx in 1973 with just 389 team members and grew it into a global shipping giant with ...

Fred Smith, the founder of shipping giant Federal Express, has died at the age of 80, the company announced Saturday.

Fred Smith is of course a giant in the history of American business. His vision and daring revolutionized global commerce and ...

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Before launching FedEx, Smith served two tours in Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and earned the Silver Star for combat ...

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Smith built a global delivery giant with more than half a million employees, hundreds of jets crisscrossing the planet and ...

FedEx founder Fred Smith is being remembered as a legend in the freight transportation industry after his death on Saturday.