Frederick W. Smith
Frederick Wallace "Fred" Smith (born August 11, 1944 in Marks , Quitman County, Mississippi ) is the founder, president and CEO of the courier and logistics company FedEx .
During his business studies at Yale University , the idea for FedEx came up during a term paper. Rumor has it that this work only received a C grade. Smith was a member of the Yale secret society Skull and Bones . After completing his bachelor's degree in 1966, he served for five years in the Marine Corps , including in Vietnam as a platoon leader and pilot. He got to know the military logistics system thoroughly. Back in the United States, he founded Federal Express in 1971.
Smith is married for the second time and has ten children. According to Forbes, he was the 212th wealthiest American in 2009 at $ 1.65 billion (2008: $ 2.00 billion).
In the movie Cast Away from 2000, Smith worked as a producer and appeared in a cameo at the end of the film. The film is about a FedEx employee who ends up on a desert island after a FedEx plane crash.
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- ↑ [1] , Bloomberg.com Sept. 20, 2004.
- ↑ Forbes Forbes, Sept. 30, 2009: # 212 Frederick Smith - The Forbes 400 Richest Americans 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Frederick W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Frederick Wallace; Smith, Fred; Smith, Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Entrepreneur (FedEx) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marks , Mississippi |