Raj Subramaniam

Businessman

Birthday September 14, 1967

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Age 56 years old

Nationality India

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Rajesh Subramaniam is the CEO and President of the FedEx Corporation.

Prior to this position, he held many organizational management and marketing roles in Asia and the US at FedEx.

Subramaniam was born in Thiruvananthapuram, India into a Malayali Hindu family.

His father worked in Indian Police service and his mother worked as a Doctor in Kerala Health services.

He attended the Loyola School in the city.

1987

At age 15, he moved to Mumbai, where he completed his high school in SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sion(W), afterwards attended IIT Bombay and graduated with a B.Tech. in chemical engineering in 1987.

1989

He moved to the United States on a scholarship to Syracuse University and earned an MS in chemical engineering in 1989.

1990

He also earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin during the early 1990s recession.

His father retired as DGP of Kerala and his mother as Additional director, Kerala health services.

His Wife Uma and his brother Rajeev also work in FedEx.

1991

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.

1996

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.

2013

From 2013 to 2019, he served as the Executive VP, marketing and communication.

2018

In late 2018, he was promoted to the CEO of FedEx’s legacy Express business.

2019

After retirement of David J. Bronczek in 2019, Subramaniam was named the COO.

2020

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, FIRST, the United States Chamber of Commerce's China Center Advisory Board, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the US-China Business Council.

He currently serves as a member of the President's Export Council.