Fred Smith, RIP

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He founded FedEx, a company that before the internet truly was a big deal. The plan for the company was based on an undergraduate economics paper. At age thirty Fred was in deep trouble. And “In the early days of FedEx, when the company was struggling financially, Smith took the…

This story appeared on marginalrevolution.com, 2025-06-22.
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