Rajesh Subramaniam is the CEO and President-elect of the FedEx Corporation. Prior to this position, he held many organizational management and marketing roles in Asia and the US at FedEx.

Early life and education

Subramaniam was born in

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, India to DGP C. Subramaniam and B. Kamalammal, a doctor. He attended the Loyola School in the city. At age 15, he moved to

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, where he attended IIT Bombay and graduated with a B.Tech. in chemical engineering in 1987. He moved to the United States on a scholarship to Syracuse University and earned an MS in chemical engineering in 1989. He also earned an

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from the

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during the early 1990s recession.

Career

Subramaniam joined FedEx in 1991 as an associate marketing analyst. He quickly rose through the ranks and held several management and marketing roles in Asia and the US. Beginning in 1996, he served as the Vice-President of Marketing at FedEx Express in the Asia-Pacific region, and was then appointed as the regional president of Canada in 2003. From 2013 to 2019, he served as the Executive VP, marketing and communication. In late 2018, he was promoted to the CEO of FedEx’s legacy Express business. After retirement of David J. Bronczek in 2019, Subramaniam was named the COO. He joined the FedEx board in January 2020. In March 2022, FedEx announced that Subramaniam will replace founder Fred Smith as the President and CEO, effective June 1st. He serves on the board of directors of FedEx Corporation,

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, the

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's China Center Advisory Board, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the US-China Business Council. He is also a member of the

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's Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness.

Personal life

Subramaniam is married to Uma who was a student at

IIM Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resourc ...

, when he was 24 years old. She was a FedEx employee for many years. Both his brother Rajeev and son Arjun Rajesh also work for the company.

References

External links

FedEx bio
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