Lange joined FedEx Logistics in 2015, overseeing supply chain, global freight forwarding, customs brokerage operations and engineering functions, according to his company bio.Lange is well prepared to oversee the specialty trade company thanks to his expertise in freight forwarding and supply chains, Smith said. Fred Smith wanted his son to become a better reader and student, so he sent him to board at Georgetown Prep, a private school in North Bethesda. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Richard Smith is back at FedEx Express, settling into a new role at the company his father, CEO Fred Smith, founded decades ago. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for Fred Smith And Son. FedEx said it is planning for all scenarios regarding Brexit and has a dedicated Brexit page for businesses.“It seems to just be this recurring nightmare that you can’t figure out what they’re going to do, but we’re prepared for when it happens,” Smith said of the ongoing turmoil surrounding Brexit.Smith, who is also chairman of the Greater Memphis Chamber, began working at FedEx in 2005. 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 In addition to FedEx, Smith is also a minority owner of the In 2000, Smith made an appearance as himself in the Smith was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame and also awarded the Golden Plate Award of the While CEO of FedEx in 2008, Frederick W. Smith earned a total compensation of $10,434,589, which included a base salary of $1,430,466, a cash bonus of $2,705,000, stocks granted of $0, and options granted of $5,461,575.In March 2014, Fortune Magazine ranked him 26th among the list of "World's 50 Greatest Leaders"For the physician and surgeon in Syracuse, New York, see Fred Smith is an Australian alternative singer/songwriter who writes about love and war zones. He was the inspiration for her song " Frederick", a single from her 1979 album Wave. After graduation, Smith served in Vietnam with the Marines. Patti Smith has spoken of how Fred Smith encouraged her writing, crediting his influence on a number of the songs she released after his death, as well as the prose works she created during their time together in Michigan. Frederick Smith was born in Marks, Mississippi, the son of James Frederick "Fred" Smith, the founder of the Toddle House restaurant chain and the Smith Motor Coach Company (renamed the Dixie Greyhound Lines after The Greyhound Corporation bought a controlling interest in 1931). “He has deep, deep knowledge of those business segments and he’ll do a fantastic job.”Richard Smith, CEO of FedEx Logistics, talks about the company's decision to move its headquarters to Downtown Memphis on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Per his bio, Lange has more than 20 years of international trade experience.“You couldn’t find a better guy to run it,” Smith said. FedEx founder Fred Smith came up with the idea for the company for a term paper at Yale in 1965. By Hawes Spencer | hawesinsky@gmail.com Published online 9:05am Friday Dec 31st, 2010 and in print issue #1001 dated Thursday Jan 6th, 2011 .