Survey: FedEx's Smith among top CEOs (US)
FedEx Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Frederick W. Smith is among America’s best Chief Executives, according to Institutional Investor magazine.
Smith was named the best CEO in the airfreight and surface transportation category for the second consecutive year in the magazine’s survey.
The magazine surveyed portfolio managers, analysts and other investment professionals and asked them to name the best CEOs in their sectors.
Around 900 people at 425 institutions responded with first, second and third place votes in each of the sectors with which they were familiar.
“A common trait exhibited by many of the winners is experience managing through crises, scandals and turnarounds,” the company stated in a release.
Based in Memphis, FedEx Corp. provides transportation, e-commerce and business services through several divisions, including FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Kinko’s and FedEx Global Supply Chain Services.
FedEx Corp. chairman, president and CEO Frederick W. Smith is among America’s best chief executives, according to Institutional Investor magazine.
Smith was named the best CEO in the airfreight and surface transportation category for the second consecutive year in the magazine’s survey.
The magazine surveyed portfolio managers, analysts and other investment professionals and asked them to name the best CEOs in their sectors.
Around 900 people at 425 institutions responded with first, second and third place votes in each of the sectors with which they were familiar.
“A common trait exhibited by many of the winners is experience managing through crises, scandals and turnarounds,” the company stated in a release.
Based in Memphis, FedEx Corp. provides transportation, e-commerce and business services through several divisions, including FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Kinko’s and FedEx Global Supply Chain Services.
