Frederick W. Smith

Frederick Wallace Smith (11 ga Agusta, 1944 - 21 ga Yuni, 2025) ɗan kasuwa ne kuma mai saka hannun jari na Amurka. Shi ne wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban Kamfanin FedEx, kamfanin sufuri mafi girma a duniya. Smith ya sauka a matsayin Shugaba a watan Yunin 2022 kuma Raj Subramaniam ya gaje shi. An dauke shi daya daga cikin 'yan kasuwa na sufuri mafi nasara a duniya, Smith yana da kimanin dala biliyan 5.3 a lokacin mutuwarsa a cewar Forbes.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Frederick Wallace Smith a Marks, Mississippi, a ranar 11 ga watan Agusta, 1944, ɗan James Frederick "Fred" Smith, wanda ya kafa gidan cin abinci na Toddle House da Smith Motor Coach Company (wanda aka sake masa suna Dixie Greyhound Lines bayan Kamfanin Greyhound ya sayi sha'awa mai sarrafawa a 1931).  Tsohon Smith ya mutu lokacin da ɗansa yake ɗan shekara huɗu kawai, kuma mahaifiyarsa da kawunsa ne suka haifi yaron.

Smith ya gurgunta ta hanyar cutar ƙashi tun yana ƙarami amma ya sake samun lafiyarsa tun yana da shekaru 10.

Smith ya halarci makarantar firamare a Presbyterian Day School a Memphis da kuma makarantar sakandare a Makarantar Jami'ar Memphis kuma ya zama matukin jirgi mai son matashi.[1]

A shekara ta 1962, Smith ya shiga Jami'ar Yale don nazarin tattalin arziki. A cewar wasu kafofin,  ya rubuta takarda don aji na tattalin arziki, yana tsara sabis na isar da dare, wanda ya sami "C". Koyaya, a cikin wata hira, Smith ya ce bai tuna da darajar ba. Smith ya zama memba kuma daga ƙarshe shugaban Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity da Skull and Bones secret society. Ya sami digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziki a shekarar 1966. A shekarunsa na kwaleji, Smith aboki ne kuma ɗan'uwan DKE ɗan'uwan shugaban Amurka na gaba George W. Bush .  Smith ya kuma kasance abokantaka da Sanata na Amurka da Sakataren Gwamnati na gaba John Kerry; su biyun sun raba sha'awar jirgin sama kuma suna da abokan tashi.

 Ayyukan Sojojin Ruwa 
Bayan kammala karatunsa, an ba da izini ga Smith a cikin Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka, yana aiki na shekaru uku (daga 1966 zuwa 1969) a matsayin jagora da kuma mai kula da iska na gaba (FAC) a Kudancin Vietnam, yana tashi a cikin wurin zama na baya na OV-10.

Smith ya yi yawon shakatawa biyu na aiki a cikin Yaƙin Vietnam kuma an sallame shi cikin girmamawa a 1969 tare da matsayin kyaftin, bayan ya sami Silver Star, Bronze Star, da Purple Hearts guda biyu.

 Rayuwa da mutuwarsa 
Smith yana da 'ya'ya 10, ciki har da mai daukar hoto Windland Smith Rice, mai shirya fina-finai Molly Smith, da kuma tsohon mai kula da Pittsburgh Steelers na yanzu Arthur Smith .  Smith ya sauka a matsayin Shugaba a 2022 amma ya kasance shugaban zartarwa.

Smith ya mutu a Memphis a ranar 21 ga Yuni, 2025, yana da shekaru 80.  
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1944
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