FedEx at 50: Local power of FedEx rests with wealth of jobs, opportunity
FedEx employs 35,000 here, more than twice as many as any other employer, public or private. Many famillies have two generations on the payroll at the shipping giant, including the Douglass family. From left are Roman Douglass, a second-shift aviation maintenance superiviser, Nolan Douglass and father John Douglass, who both drive trucks for FedEx Freight. (Submitted by FedEx)
An estimated $1.6 billion in annual payroll from FedEx underwrites much of the local economy.
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Jane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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