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Fred Smith Biography Essay

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Smith had a hard childhood, his father died when he was only 4 years. His father was the founder of the Greyhound bus line. He was was born in Marks, Mississippi, and he has two sisters. He had a bone disease that was know as Calve Perthes disease which is a disease that basically give you arthritis in your hips so you can not walk. He later overcame this disease and he actually ended up playing football. After this he served in the Marines Corps fighting in the Vietnam War and he earned a Silver star, Bronze star, and 2 Purple Hearts. He said, “I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.” (About.fedex.com) He also said, “My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.” (achievement.org) He was already an excellent fier by age fifteen. That is when he had the revolution of FedEx. Fred Smith is the founder and CEO of Fedex or Federal Express. He chose Memphis because of the labor supply and location. A quote he said, “Every time we make an investment decision we ask ourselves ‘What is the return on this investment?” (achievement.org) FedEx now has 654 planes, …show more content…

To be precise there are 219 jobs at FedEx and you can have many careers at FedEx. Fred Smith said a quote about being a manager he said “A manager is not a person who can do work better than his workers; he is a person who make his workers do the work better than him” (FedEx) Another cool thing about FedEx is that the colors on the trucks or planes actually mean something. The color green is used for ground and home delivery. The color red is for freight. The color blue is for custom critical. The color yellow is for trade networks. The color orange is for the most common express. Lastly the color grey is for collective signatures and corporation and services. Smith is has leadership

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