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FedEx Founder Fred Smith Dies at 80

Supply Chain Digest

Operations began in 1973 with 14 aircraft, and a package hub in Memphis. Without those constraints, FedEx could afford to buy larger planes and by 1983 had revenue over $1 billion. He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions.