Frederick W. Smith

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


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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

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

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