TIL that FedEx's current CEO and founder Frederick W. Smith didn't have enough money to keep the company afloat, he took the remaining 5k and brought it to Vegas and by Monday morning they had 32k, enough to fuel their planes and stay in business long enough for another round of funding.

http://www.winthebet.com/gamblingstories_fedex.php



Submitted January 28, 2015 at 11:22AM by SeahawkLover http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2txong/til_that_fedexs_current_ceo_and_founder_frederick/