When FedEx started 50 years ago, 389 employees delivered 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities on the first night of continuous operation. Today, it is a very different organization, carrying around 15 million packages to 220 countries and territories daily, on global air and ground networks, providing access, services, and technologies that meet the world’s growing shipping demands.
The FedEx network is exceptionally difficult to replicate — an unmatched combination of scale, access, and flexibility. It reflects five decades of investment, innovation, and expertise, includes the world’s largest all-cargo air fleet, and connects 99% of the world’s gross domestic product. The size and scale of the FedEx network give the company critical insights into global supply chains and trends. This foundation provides an immense amount of data that the company uses to build better understandings, improve the customer experience, differentiate its service offering, and improve operational efficiency, always staying ahead of the curve.
Innovation is what inspired the start of FedEx fifty years ago. It now fuels its future, combining logistics with digital intelligence. For the next 50, FedEx will keep challenging the status quo and creating new solutions to help its customers thrive.