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Oh, come on. It's plausible that most Americans know it's a private company, but most people do not know it was started by a guy named Fred. (or do you mean a g

Oh, come on. It's plausible that most Americans know it's a private company, but most people do not know it was started by a guy named Fred. (or do you mean a guy named Fed?)

edoceo 7y ago
Frederal Express don't have the same ring to it.
- tomcam 7y ago
  I don’t know, Busby, I think you’re onto something ;
dreamcompiler 7y ago
Maybe I should have said "Americans my age." Fred Smith got a lot of news coverage in the 80s. He used to be a case study in business schools. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Smith https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Smith
- dreamcompiler 7y ago
  ...and apparently I was wrong about the rags part.
  - kristjansson 7y ago
    He did get close to rags in the middle there
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