Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An aerospace expert and Managing Director of The Lundquist Group. On June 21, Fred W. Smith, founder of Federal Express, passed ...

Fred Smith died Saturday at age 80. Read Forbes’ 1977 profile of Smith, from bone cancer, to war, to the billionaires list. Frederick Wallace Smith, the billionaire founder of FedEx, passed away at ...

Fred Smith's innovative express shipping company revolutionized air cargo, establishing the overnight delivery standard. He built FedEx into a global shipping giant from a concept in a college term ...

FedEx has been mulling the future of FedEx Freight, which remains a standalone unit in the company while it consolidates its other segments. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images The two segments ...

Federal Express has begun offering expedited U.S. passport services at its 2,000 retail locations nationwide in partnership with online service RushMyPassport. The service enables procrastinating ...

An advertising campaign that used exaggerated humor to spoof office life helped Federal Express Corporation demonstrate that it understood the needs of its customers and could be trusted to deliver ...