Fred Smith(1944-2025)
- Actor
Frederick W. Smith is chairman, president and chief executive officer
of FedEx Corporation. Smith is responsible for providing strategic
direction for all of the FedEx Corporation operating companies,
including FedEx Express and FedEx Ground. Smith founded Federal Express
Corporation (FedEx Express) in 1971, and the company began operations
on April 17, 1973. A native of Marks, Mississippi, Smith attended Yale
University, where he earned a bachelor's of science degree in economics
in 1966. Smith served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam
from 1966-1970. Smith has served on the boards of several large public
companies and is co-chairman of the U.S. World War II Memorial Project.
He is also a director of the Business Roundtable, CATO Institute,
Library of Congress James Madison Council and the Mayo Foundation, and
he serves as Vice Chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council. Mr.
Smith is a financial backer of Alcon Entertainment, a film development,
production and financing company.
