Frederick W. Smith
Frederick W. Smith
Frederick Wallace "Fred" Smith, is the founder, chairman, president, and CEO of FedEx, originally known as Federal Express.The company is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth11 August 1944
CountryUnited States of America
trying fear-of-failure reason
Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
government people trying
It is impossible to manage the health care requirements of tens of millions of American citizens at the federal level. It is impossible to manage all of the permutations of people's economic aspirations and lives through a complex tax code. It is impossible to try to second-guess the market. It is impossible, from a managerial standpoint, for the federal government to do the things it is trying to do today.
marine years skills
My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.
hundred last
If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.
difficult places proper size
It's become increasingly difficult to find places with the proper size and other characteristics.
giving fuel electricity
Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.