The FedEx Corp. board of directors has elected R. Brad Martin as chairman to replace founder and executive chairman Frederick ...

Fred Smith died Saturday at age 80. Read Forbes’ 1977 profile of Smith, from bone cancer, to war, to the billionaires list.

Smith has been a major supporter of free trade, in contrast to the push for tariffs and barriers pursued by the current U.S. administration. Yet, the New York Times reported that FedEx’s corporate tax ...

Frederick W. Smith, founder and executive chairman of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx, passed away on Saturday, June 21. Smith was 80.

Firefighters had to rescue a man who got stuck in the chimney of a Connecticut parks building while trying to retrieve his ...

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