FedEx Was Saved by a Vegas Blackjack Bet?! The INSANE Story Behind a $100B Empire!

FedEx almost didn’t exist. In 1971, founder Frederick Smith had a bold idea: overnight delivery. Investors called him crazy, and within 3 years, FedEx was nearly bankrupt with only $5,000 left. Desperate, Smith took a gamble in Las Vegas… and won $27,000 at blackjack, saving the company long enough to secure funding.

Today, FedEx is a $100B global giant shipping over 16M packages daily across 220+ countries. This is the incredible story of how one wild gamble changed the world.

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