for him The exceptional achievements led to many praise for Smith, including his name in 1989 to the Celebrity Hall of the Supply Council of the Board of the Supply Council (CSCMP).
According to CSCMP, “He was able to create billions of dollars in an industry and change the way in which the business has been conducted. The” Hub and Spoke “distribution system-today is used by both air freight companies and airlines-and created jobs for more than 60,000 people.” Raed Smith also using IT (IT) in building a competitive feature, including its implementation of a computerized tracking system designed to inform the company (and the customer) where any package is at any time.
Smith was born in 1944 in Marx, Mississippi, in Memphis, Tennessee. He worked as a rented pilot while he obtained his testimony in the economy in Yale, and then served for four years in the US Navy. During those years, the idea of an integrated system of air to the ground imagined that would guarantee delivery overnight, and the foundations of Federle Express in 1973.
The company has quickly expanded from its primary fleet consisting of 14 Dassault Jets to Fortune 100, which now employs more than 500,000 team members worldwide, linking more than 220 countries and region, and moving approximately $ 2 trillion in goods annually and more than 17 million shipping per day.
In 2022, Smith crossed his CEO to become a founder and executive of Fedex Corporation, focusing on global importance issues, including sustainability, innovation and public policy.
“Friedrich W. Smith has connected Express and linked the world, where he formulated world trade as we know. His legacy will continue to innovate, leadership and charitable work in inspiring future generations. I will lack not only his leadership of insight, but his reliable friendship and lawyer.”
In addition to his commercial accomplishments, Smith was a supporter of charitable reasons, as he served as the co -chair of the project of both the Memorial Project for the Second World War and the campaign of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. It also strengthened the city of Memphis through charitable support for education, health care, sports, arts and community development.
