Originally Posted by
Futureman
Fred built one of the world's best companies from the ground up, and you are nobody.
According to wikipedia, On June 18, 1971, Smith founded Federal Express with his $4 million inheritance. He also had the help of some of the country's elite families like the Bushes and other Skull and Bones types.
He did indeed build a great company, but he wouldn't have been able to do it without his dad's money and his dad's connections.