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FedEx Founder Fred Smith passed away tonight in Memphis
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:05 pm
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He was 80 years old.
He was 80 years old.
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Fred Smith, founder and executive chairman of FedEx Corporation, has died.
Smith died on Saturday, sources confirmed to WREG. He was 80 years old.
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Smith was born in Marks, Mississippi, in 1944 and earned his degree from Yale in 1966. After four years of service in the United States Marine Corps, Smith launched FedEx operations in 1973. FedEx is headquartered in Memphis. FedEx would go on to become a multi-billion-dollar corporation that serves more than 200 countries. Memphis is home to several FedEx hubs, including the FedEx World Hub in the airport area. Smith served as CEO of FedEx until 2022, when he stepped down and became executive chairman. FedEx states that Smith used his time as chairman to focus on “board governance, as well as issues of global importance, including sustainability, innovation, and public policy.”
This post was edited on 6/21/25 at 10:07 pm
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Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:09 pm to member12
Dude needs to burn for putting Chuck Noland on that flight
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:10 pm to member12
Memphis is already bad. If Fedex moves out. Memphis will basically be a 700,000 person version of Jackson, MS.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:11 pm to member12
2 days behind schedule.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:15 pm to member12
Kept the lights on at FedEx by gambling the last bit of cash on blackjack.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:18 pm to member12
Irans first target has been hit.
This post was edited on 6/21/25 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:22 pm to beerJeep
He was a great guy and dud a lot for a lot of people
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:23 pm to member12
The body will be buried in Memphis but has first been routed to Bismarck, North Dakota
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:25 pm to member12
Marks, MS to Yale is incredible enough.
Then joins the Marines and starts FedEx before he's 30?
I'm such a piece of shite.
Then joins the Marines and starts FedEx before he's 30?
I'm such a piece of shite.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:29 pm to nugget
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Kept the lights on at FedEx by gambling the last bit of cash on blackjack.
Yeah, thats a rumor, but, they said he could have gotten the money from the Mob as well.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:46 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Marks, MS to Yale is incredible enough. Then joins the Marines and starts FedEx before he's 30? I'm such a piece of shite.
His family had a lot of money. He went to the best private schools from kindergarten through high school. He’s not a rags to riches story. He took wealth his family had and turned it into a global empire. Still a very impressive man but it’s not like he was a broke poor kid from MS who ended up a billionaire
Posted on 6/21/25 at 10:57 pm to lsufball19
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His family had a lot of money
Correct, he came from a logistics/transportation family background. Greyhound Bus Lines.
I first met Mr. Smith in 1984 as a very new employee at Federal Express. He remembered me the other three times I was around him. They said he never forgot a face.
A great man, a great Memphian and a true visionary.
RIP Sir.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 11:00 pm to lsufball19
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He’s not a rags to riches story.
I keep rereading the thread and still nobody has said he was
Posted on 6/21/25 at 11:09 pm to Errerrerrwere
Is the story about Smith and black jack true?
Posted on 6/21/25 at 11:15 pm to member12
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FedEx Founder Fred Smith passed away tonight in Memphis
Will he be at his final destination by 10 am tomorrow?
Posted on 6/21/25 at 11:47 pm to member12
June 21st 11:40pm - label created
June 22nd 10:02am - casket shipped
June 22nd 10:48 am - casket shipped
June 24th 3:23 am - casket in transit
June 25th 6:30 am - casket shipped
June 27th 5:02 pm - casket arrived at Memphis distribution center
June 28th 3:59 am - casket out for delivery
June 29th 9:00am - casket out for delivery
June 29th 9:41 pm - casket delayed
June 30th 8:15 am - casket arrived at Memphis distribution center
July 2nd 7:39 am - casket out for delivery
July 8th 6:34 pm - casket delivered
June 22nd 10:02am - casket shipped
June 22nd 10:48 am - casket shipped
June 24th 3:23 am - casket in transit
June 25th 6:30 am - casket shipped
June 27th 5:02 pm - casket arrived at Memphis distribution center
June 28th 3:59 am - casket out for delivery
June 29th 9:00am - casket out for delivery
June 29th 9:41 pm - casket delayed
June 30th 8:15 am - casket arrived at Memphis distribution center
July 2nd 7:39 am - casket out for delivery
July 8th 6:34 pm - casket delivered
Posted on 6/21/25 at 11:53 pm to member12
I didn’t know he was in Iran
Posted on 6/22/25 at 12:45 am to Chastains
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Memphis is already bad. If Fedex moves out. Memphis will basically be a 700,000 person version of Jackson, MS.
This sounds like a real modern nightmare
Posted on 6/22/25 at 12:48 am to lsufball19
If you have been to Marks, MS you would understand how stupid your comment is. Even if he was from money, the be from Marks, MS and be from money and then make more, way more, is crazy odds.
This post was edited on 6/22/25 at 12:59 am
Posted on 6/22/25 at 2:21 am to Chastains
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If Fedex moves out
Mongolia is more likely to develop a nuclear weapon than FedEx leaving.
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