He was a little guy who was a great football player at Georgia Tech, and he just was indefatigable. He just would never, ever say die. He absolutely proved to me that persistence was a very big part of making it in life. I never forgot that lesson.
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Frederick W. Smith
Founder and long-serving chairman of FedEx Corporation
United States · 1944–2025
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Frederick W. Smith was an American businessman who founded Federal Express in 1971 after serving two tours in Vietnam as a Marine officer. He built the company into the world's largest express transportation network and led it as chairman and chief executive for five decades.
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