In what city is the headquarters of FedEx located?

FedEx is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

The company began as Federal Express Corporation, founded by Frederick W. Smith in 1971. Although it was founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, Federal Express moved its operations to Memphis in 1973. Smith selected Memphis International Airport because of its central location relative to the U.S. population and its generally favorable weather for aviation.

Memphis became especially important because FedEx built its primary global air-cargo hub there. Overnight packages are sorted through the Memphis hub before being redistributed across the company’s worldwide network. The location is therefore both a corporate center and a crucial logistics crossroads.

A common mix-up is confusing FedEx’s headquarters with its founding location, its various regional offices, or Memphis International Airport itself. The quiz asks for the company headquarters, whose city is Memphis—not Seattle, Louisville, or Atlanta.