Frederick Smith Quotes

• The tax rate of 35 percent is impossible to provide an incentive to the large corporations, that have $1.7 trillion offshore, to put their money back in the United States.

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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 to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.

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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 have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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• Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

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Frederick Smith (12)

Birth:	11th August, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman

About

Frederick Wallace "Fred" Smith was born in Marks, Mississippi, USA. He is an American businessman. He has been the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Executive Chairman of FedEx Corporation, originally known as Federal Express. He received his bachelor's degree in economics in 1966. He was formerly chairman of the Board of Governors for the International Air Transport Association and the U.S. Air Transport Association. He served as chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council and is the current chairman of the French-American Business Council.

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