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Basic Info edit
Types Person, Business Person
Date of Birth 1945
Gender Male
Aliases Fred Smith
Industries Express delivery services
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

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Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2008) [#227]
Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2010) [#217]
Forbes 400 Richest Americans (1982) [#286]
The World's Billionaires - Forbes (2011) [#564]
The World's Billionaires - Forbes (2012) [#601]

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Analyst notes about Frederick W Smith

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx since January 1998; Chairman of FedEx Express since 1975; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Express from 1983 to... more »

Relationships Interlocks Giving Political
Government Positions
Library of Congress
  • Madison council member
    • Business Positions
    Federal Express Corporation   Express Carrier
  • Director ('71→)   [ +3 ]
    • Other Positions & Memberships
    Business Roundtable   Foremost business policy group of leading chief executives
  • Member
    • NCAA   The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary organization...
  • Member, Leadership Advisory Board
    • Cato Institute   Major Washington think tank
  • Director
    • Committee for Economic Development   Business-led economic policy think tank
  • Trustee
    • Council on Foreign Relations   The most prestigious US foreign policy think tank
  • Board Member
    • Skull & Bones   A secret society associated with Yale University.
  • Member
    • National Petroleum Council   Advisory committee to the Secretary of Energy...
  • Member
    • Wall Street Journal CEO Council   120 of the world’s most powerful chief...
  • Member
    • Education
    Yale University
  • Bachelor of Arts / Science
    • Donation/Grant Recipients
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    National Republican Senatorial Committee
  • 7 contributions ⋅ $197400 ('05→'12)
    • DNC-Non-Federal Individual
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $25000 ('96)
    • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $25000 ('07)
    • John McCain   US Senator and Representative from Arizona
  • 14 contributions ⋅ $15700 ('98→'10)
    • Fedexpac Federal Express Political Action Committee
  • 41 contributions ⋅ $11082 ('98→'12)
    • Republican National Committee
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $10000 ('04)
    • Tennessee Republican Party Federal Election Account
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $10000 ('06)
    • Bob Corker   US Senator from Tennessee
  • 4 contributions ⋅ $9200 ('06→'11)
    • Lamar Alexander   US Senator from Tennessee
  • 6 contributions ⋅ $9100 ('95→'08)
    • Mitt Romney   Former Governor of Massachusetts
  • 3 contributions ⋅ $7500 ('12)