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Frederick W. Smith

(1964–2014) Historian Of Classical Antiquity

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Frederick W. Smith was a historian of classical antiquity, best known for The physics and chemistry of materials.

Quick Facts About Frederick W. Smith

Born: August 1, 1964
Died: March 18, 2014
Profession: Historian Of Classical Antiquity
Notable works: The physics and chemistry of materials

About Frederick W. Smith

Frederick Wallace Smith was an American business magnate and investor. He was the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest express transportation company. Smith stepped down as CEO in June 2022 and was succeeded by Raj Subramaniam. Considered one of the most successful transportation entrepreneurs in the world, Smith had an estimated net worth of $5.3 billion at the time of his death according to Forbes.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Frederick W. Smith

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get…

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Better

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The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.

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Investing

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A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.

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Bricks

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The tax rate of 35 percent is impossible to provide an incentive to the large corporations, that have $1.7 trillion offshore, to…

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Back

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My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

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Four

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I paid every effort to seek deregulation throughout FEDEX's start-up and expansion periods, because the biggest impediment to our growth was the…

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Air

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A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and…

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Delivery

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If you look historically, what creates growth and wealth is innovation and investment, and increase in scale - more customers.

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Continuous learning

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Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they…

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Inspiration

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Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments…

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21st century

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Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

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Ask

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I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

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Advocate

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There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.

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Cartels

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The biggest part of our business has always been moving things, not paper. With the Internet, people in Mississippi can buy things…

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Always

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A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that…

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Being

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It is impossible to manage the health care requirements of tens of millions of American citizens at the federal level. It is…

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American citizens

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Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down…

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Ability

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Information about the package is as important as the package itself.

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About

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I’m not afraid to take a swing and miss.

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Fear

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My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.

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Banking

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Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.

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Electricity

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I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

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Believe

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