Fred Smith
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
I serve as chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corporation, a $38-billion global transportation, business services and logistics company. I am responsible for providing strategic direction for all FedEx Corporation operating companies, including FedEx Services, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight and FedEx Office. Today, FedEx serves more than 220 countries and territories with operations that include 677 aircraft and over 80,000 vehicles. More than 290,000 team members worldwide handle more than 8 million shipments each business day.
I founded FedEx in 1971, and I've been an active proponent of regulatory reform, free trade and "open skies agreements" for aviation around the world.
I am proud FedEx has consistently been ranked on FORTUNE magazine’s industry lists, including “World’s Most Admired Companies,” “America’s Most Admired Companies,” “100 Best Companies to Work For” and is on FORTUNE’s “Blue Ribbon Companies List."
In addition to my work at FedEx, I have served on the boards of several large public companies and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Mayo Foundation Boards.
I am a former chairman of the Board of Governors for the International Air Transport Association and the U.S. Air Transport Association. Smith is a member of the Business Roundtable, the CATO Institute and is co-chairman of the Energy Security Leadership Council. And, I served as chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council and is the current chairman of the French-American Business Council.
