2024年3月14日发(作者：张志新)
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Fred Smith and FedEx: The vision that changed the world
弗雷德·史密斯与联邦快递：一个改变了世界的创想
Every night several hundred planes bearing a purple, white, and
orange design touch down at Memphis Airport, in Tennessee. What
precedes this landing are package pickups from locations all over
the United States earlier in the day. Crews unload the planes' cargo
of more than half a million parcels and letters. The rectangular
packages and envelopes are rapidly reshuffled and sorted according
to address, then loaded onto other aircraft, and flown to their
destinations to be dispersed by hand - many within 24 hours of
leaving their senders. This is the culmination of a dream of
Frederick W. Smith, the founder, president, chief executive officer,
and chairman of the board of the FedEx Corp. - known originally as
Federal Express - the largest and most successful overnight delivery
service in the world. Conceived when he was in college and now in
its 28th year of operation, Smith's exquisite brainchild has become
the standard for door-to-door package delivery.
每天夜晚，在田纳西州的孟菲斯机场，都有几百架带着白、紫、桔色图案
的飞机降落。而在每天此前的早些时候，这些飞机都在美国各地收集包裹。
工作人员从飞机上卸下的包裹及信件数量超过五十万之巨。长方形的包裹
和信封又在这里依据收件地址被迅速整理分拣，然后装载上其他飞机，飞
往各自的目的地，在那儿再由人工投递——到这时很多邮件离开寄件人之
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手还不到 24 小时。这是弗雷德里克·W·史密斯的终极梦想，他就是联
邦快递集团（最初为联邦快递）这一全球最大、最成功的隔夜送达服务企
业的创始人、总裁、首席执行官及董事会主席。如今，史密斯这一源于大
学时代的妙想已在现实中经营到了第 28 个年头，并已成为包裹快递入户
行业的标杆。
Recognized as an outstanding entrepreneur with an agreeable and
winning personality, Smith is held in high regard by his competitors
as well as his employees and stockholders. Fred Smith was just 27
when he founded FedEx. Now, so many years later, he's still the
"captain of the ship". He attributes the success the company simply
to leadership, something he deduced from his years in the military,
and from his family.
史密斯被公认为是一位和蔼可亲、性格迷人的杰出企业家。无论是他
的竞争者、员工，还是他公司股票的持有人，都对他十分敬重。弗雷德·史
密斯创建“联邦快递”时只有 27 岁。现在多年过去了，他仍然坐在“掌
门人”的位置上。他将公司的成功简单地归因于领导力，而这一推论则来
自于他的军旅生涯及其家庭的影响。 Frederick Wallace Smith was born
into a wealthy family clan on August 11, 1944 in Mississippi. His
father died when he was just four years old. As a juvenile, Smith
was an invalid, suffering from a disease that left him unable to
walk normally. He was picked on by bullies, and he learned to defend
himself by swinging at them with his alloy walking stick. Cured of
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2024年3月14日发(作者：张志新)
.. . . ..
Fred Smith and FedEx: The vision that changed the world
弗雷德·史密斯与联邦快递：一个改变了世界的创想
Every night several hundred planes bearing a purple, white, and
orange design touch down at Memphis Airport, in Tennessee. What
precedes this landing are package pickups from locations all over
the United States earlier in the day. Crews unload the planes' cargo
of more than half a million parcels and letters. The rectangular
packages and envelopes are rapidly reshuffled and sorted according
to address, then loaded onto other aircraft, and flown to their
destinations to be dispersed by hand - many within 24 hours of
leaving their senders. This is the culmination of a dream of
Frederick W. Smith, the founder, president, chief executive officer,
and chairman of the board of the FedEx Corp. - known originally as
Federal Express - the largest and most successful overnight delivery
service in the world. Conceived when he was in college and now in
its 28th year of operation, Smith's exquisite brainchild has become
the standard for door-to-door package delivery.
每天夜晚，在田纳西州的孟菲斯机场，都有几百架带着白、紫、桔色图案
的飞机降落。而在每天此前的早些时候，这些飞机都在美国各地收集包裹。
工作人员从飞机上卸下的包裹及信件数量超过五十万之巨。长方形的包裹
和信封又在这里依据收件地址被迅速整理分拣，然后装载上其他飞机，飞
往各自的目的地，在那儿再由人工投递——到这时很多邮件离开寄件人之
学习参考
.. . . ..
手还不到 24 小时。这是弗雷德里克·W·史密斯的终极梦想，他就是联
邦快递集团（最初为联邦快递）这一全球最大、最成功的隔夜送达服务企
业的创始人、总裁、首席执行官及董事会主席。如今，史密斯这一源于大
学时代的妙想已在现实中经营到了第 28 个年头，并已成为包裹快递入户
行业的标杆。
Recognized as an outstanding entrepreneur with an agreeable and
winning personality, Smith is held in high regard by his competitors
as well as his employees and stockholders. Fred Smith was just 27
when he founded FedEx. Now, so many years later, he's still the
"captain of the ship". He attributes the success the company simply
to leadership, something he deduced from his years in the military,
and from his family.
史密斯被公认为是一位和蔼可亲、性格迷人的杰出企业家。无论是他
的竞争者、员工，还是他公司股票的持有人，都对他十分敬重。弗雷德·史
密斯创建“联邦快递”时只有 27 岁。现在多年过去了，他仍然坐在“掌
门人”的位置上。他将公司的成功简单地归因于领导力，而这一推论则来
自于他的军旅生涯及其家庭的影响。 Frederick Wallace Smith was born
into a wealthy family clan on August 11, 1944 in Mississippi. His
father died when he was just four years old. As a juvenile, Smith
was an invalid, suffering from a disease that left him unable to
walk normally. He was picked on by bullies, and he learned to defend
himself by swinging at them with his alloy walking stick. Cured of
学习参考