This story will be updated. Founder of the FedEx Corporation Fred Smith has died Saturday at 80. Smith was born in 1944 in Marks, Mississippi before going on to earn his undergraduate degree at Yale ...

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx Corp. and a notable financier of various sporting endeavors, has died at the age of 80, his company announced Sunday. Smith, a Marine Corps veteran who served in ...

CNN — (CNN) — Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx who helped create the overnight delivery industry, changing the way businesses and consumers get the goods they purchased, has died. He was 80 years old.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thousands filed into the FedEx Forum Monday to honor the man many called the most influential person in Memphis, FedEx Founder Fred Smith. Smith died June 21 at age 80. “He was a part ...

FedEx Founder Fred Smith's Net Worth at the Time of His Death originally appeared on Parade. FedEx founder and entrepreneur Fred Smith amassed a massive fortune prior to his June 2025 death. But did ...