FedEx CEO Frederick Smith said that the growth in shipments will continue to drive revenue this year.

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FedEx is headed by billionaire Frederick Smith, ranked 217 in the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.

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He credits another Vietnam vet, Federal Express founder Frederick Smith, with teaching him to create a "closed loop" linking products, branding, information and finance.

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Waitt, who sports casual clothes and shaggy strawberry-blond hair, is one of myriad monied outsiders buying their way into show business, including Marshall Field heir Frederick (Ted) Field and Federal Express founder Frederick Smith.

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On Thursday, Paulson hosts a much-hyped conference on business taxes (Treasury thinks they're too high) that includes all-star appearances by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, FedEx chief executive Frederick Smith, Oracle President Safra Catz and Harvard professor Martin Feldstein, formerly President Ronald Reagan's top economic adviser.

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On Thursday, Paulson hosts a much-hyped conference on business taxes (Treasury thinks they're too high) that includes all-star appearances by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) chief executive Frederick Smith, Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) President Safra Catz and Harvard professor Martin Feldstein, formerly President Ronald Reagan's top economic adviser.

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"We went out and leased or borrowed everything we could, " says Frederick W. Smith , FedEx's chief executive.

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" Says Frederick W. Smith, the chief executive of FedEx and a minority owner of the team: "He's never done anything but try to make the team successful for the fans and shareholders.

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