Fred Smith, the father of FedEx, was born in Mississippi. Fred Smith met the challenge of life very early. His father died when he was four years old. At the age of eight, he fell ill and his right leg development was affected. For two and a half years, he could only walk with crutches. But he didn't give in to fate, but became one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history through tenacious self-struggle. Later, he was praised as "the person who started a new industry".