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Feb 15 Raj Subramaniam takes over as president of $67 billion FedEx Corp

Memphis. February 14, 2019. FedEx Corp. announced today that Raj Subramaniam has been appointed president and chief operating officer, effective March 1. FedEx has annual revenues of $67 billion and 425,000 employees worldwide. Memphis, Tenn. based FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services.

In January, Rajesh (Raj) Subramaniam took over as president and chief executive officer of FedEx Express. Earlier he was was executive vice president, chief marketing and communications officer of FedEx Corporation.

Subramaniam has been with FedEx for more than 27 years and has held various executive level positions in several of our operating companies and international regions. He began his career in Memphis and subsequently moved to Hong Kong, where he oversaw marketing and customer service for the Asia Pacific region. Subramaniam then took over as president of FedEx Express in Canada before moving back to the U.S. as senior vice president of international marketing. He was then promoted to executive vice president of marketing in 2013 at FedEx Services, prior to being named executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at FedEx Corporation in 2017.

“Raj’s global vision and broad experience make him uniquely qualified to lead our largest operating company. We look forward to the continued growth of FedEx Express within our global portfolio as Raj takes on this critical role,.” said David J. Bronczek, president and chief operating officer, FedEx Corporation.

Born in Trivandrum, India, Raj received an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from The Indian Institute of Technology. He earned two postgraduate degrees: a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Raj also serves on several advisory boards supporting the U.S.-India Business Council, the Orpheum Theatre of Memphis, the American Heart Association, and the Fogelman Center at the University of Memphis

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