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3/31/2022

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In FedEx's early days, Smith took the company's last $5,000 to a Las Vegas blackjack table after the shipping giant was denied a vital business loan. Had Smith's bet gone awry, FedEx wouldn't have. Black Jack 3 Ton Garage Jack Dual Piston. Color Box Package. Lifting Range: 5-1/8' to 18-5/16' The Torin 3 Ton Garage Jack is a must-have accessory for all automobile owners. Change tires and oil or perform other vehicle maintenance with the help of the Black Jack 3-Ton Hydraulic Garage Jack.

This is the motivating story of Billionaire founder of #FedEx. Born in 1944, Fred Smith is crippled by a bone disease as a small boy & watches sports from the sidelines. Regains his health by age 10, becomes an excellent #football player & learns to fly at 15. (2/8)

Fred smith was in yale university & had an idea of overnight delivery service which was reliable. He had a great plan & wrote down the idea in great detail & presented the same to his professor. His professor gave him a 'C' for his submission. 3/8

What the professor commented about the whole idea was 'The concept is interesting & well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C’, the idea must be feasible.” 4/8

In 1973, they had $80 million in funding & started the company. Shortly they started delivering to 25 cities but things were not easy. They struggled & finished the whole $80 million they got as funding. In his first 26 months in business he racks up $29 million in losses 5/8

Gradually things got so serious that once, one of their pilots used a personal credit card to pay for landing fees. Then, in another instance one of their couriers hocked his watch to buy fuel for his delivery van 6/8

At one point,the situation turned so bad that it became impossible to operate.They only had $5000 in their account & the fuel guys for the plane were at their gates asking for $24000. Fred had to take a decision fast & so he decided to gamble w/the $5000 he had in his account 7/8

Yes.. he went to #LasVegas to play #blackjack but then lady luck was on his side. he came back w/ $27000.
After a week, he was able to raise $11 million & then things started to get stable. In 1976, he posted his first profit of $3.6million. As they say rest is history 🙏8/8

Frederick Wallace Smith the founder, chairman, president, and CEO of FedEx, was born in Marks, Mississippi on August 11, 1944.

Fred was crippled with bone disease as a child but regained his health by age 10, and became an excellent football player. He was also interested in flying and got his pilot’s license by the age of 15. After graduating from high school at Memphis University School, he was accepted into Yale University.

In 1962, while attending Yale University, he wrote a paper for an economics class, outlining overnight delivery service in a computer information age; the paper became the idea of FedEx. Fred became a member and eventually the president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity and the Skull and Bones secret society, where he becomes friends with George W. Bush and John Kerry, who also shared an enthusiasm for aviation with Fred.

Upon graduation, Fred received a bachelor’s degree in economics and was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving for three years (from 1966 to 1969) as a platoon leader and a forward air controller (FAC), flying in the back seat of the OV-10.

He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, flying with pilots on over 200 combat missions. He was honorably discharged in 1969 with the rank of Captain, having received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts. While in the military, Fred carefully observed the military’s logistics system and made note of the procurement and delivery procedures, allowing him to fine-tune his dream for an overnight delivery service. He credits the Marine Corps with teaching him how to treat others and how to be a leader; two valuable lessons FedEx was built on.

On June 18, 1971, Fred founded Federal Express with his $4 million inheritance, and raised $91 million in venture capital. In 1973, the company began offering service to 25 cities, and it began with small packages and documents and a fleet of 14 Falcon 20 (DA-20) jets. Fred’s focus was on developing an integrated air-ground system, which had never been done before. He developed FedEx on the business idea of a shipment version of a bank clearing house where one bank clearing house was located in the middle of the representative banks and their representatives would be sent to the central location to exchange materials.

In the early days of FedEx, Fred had to go to great lengths to keep the company afloat. In one instance, after a crucial business loan was denied, he took the company’s last $5,000 to Las Vegas and won $27,000 gambling on blackjack to cover the company’s $24,000 fuel bill: keeping them afloat for one more week.

Fred has served on the boards of several large public companies, as well as the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Mayo Foundation boards. He was formerly chairman of the Board of Governors for the International Air Transport Association and the U.S. Air Transport Association. He served as chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council and is the current chairman of the French-American Business Council. He is a member of the Aviation Hall of Fame. Fred was named as Chief Executive magazine‘s 2004 “CEO of the Year”; the 2006 Person of the Year by the French-American Chamber of Commerce and was appointed as co-chairman with Senator Bob Dole of the U.S. World War II Memorial Project.

In addition to FedEx, Fred is also a co-owner of the Washington RedskinsNFL Team and owns or co-owns several entertainment companies, including Dream Image Productions and Alcon Films (producers of the Warner Bros. film Insomnia starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams).

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In 2000, Fred made an appearance as himself in the movie Cast Away, when Tom Hanks‘ character is welcomed back, which was filmed on location at FedEx’s home facilities in Memphis, Tennessee.

In March 2014, Fortune Magazine ranked him 26th among the list of “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders”.

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