Frederick W. Smith

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businessperson entrepreneur human military veteran

Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → entrepreneur → human → military veteran →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts →
awardReceived	CEO of the Year (various business publications) → Horatio Alger Award → Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame induction →
basedIn	Memphis, Tennessee, United States →
birthDate	1944-08-11 →
birthPlace	Marks, Mississippi, United States →
boardMemberOf	FedEx →
businessRegion	global courier delivery services →
conflictParticipatedIn	Vietnam War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Yale College NERFINISHED → Yale University →
employer	FedEx →
familyName	Smith →
fieldOfStudy	economics →
founderOf	FedEx → Federal Express Corporation →
fullName	Frederick Wallace Smith →
gender	male →
givenName	Frederick →
hasChild	Arthur Smith → Cannon Smith → Molly Smith → Richard W. Smith → Windland Smith Rice →
industry	courier services → logistics → transportation →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps →
militaryRank	officer →
notableFor	founding FedEx → leadership in global logistics industry →
notableIdea	integrated air–ground overnight delivery system →
notableWork	development of overnight delivery concept at FedEx →
occupation	business executive → chairman → chief executive officer → entrepreneur →
positionHeld	chairman of FedEx → chief executive officer of FedEx → president of FedEx →
residence	Memphis, Tennessee, United States →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
FedEx →	foundedBy
Hotchkiss School →	hasAlumnus
FDX →	hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder