The FedEx St. Jude Championship will pay tribute to FedEx founder and former CEO Fred Smith during the event.

Fred Smith’s impact on FedEx St. Jude Championship Smith orchestrated FedEx’s initial three-year, multimillion dollar sponsorship commitment in June 1986 – a massive boost for the event, which went ...

OPINION: FedEx founder Fred Smith's life reads like a classic American success story: a testament to grit, service, and vision.

Ceremony will honor FedEx founder Fred Smith’s legacy on world stage and in hometown.

A celebration of life event will be held for FedEx founder Fred Smith at FedExForum in Downtown Memphis on what would have been his 81st birthday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — 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 FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80.