FedEx
Founded in 1971 by Fredrick W. Smith, based on the idea from a term paper he wrote while an undergraduate at Yale. First day of operations was April 17, 1973, when 14 aircrafts delivered 186 packages to 25 US cities.
Interesting Facts:
-Home Base: Memphis, TN
-Annual Revenue: $27.4 billion
-Employees: 184,953
-Avg. Daily Volume: 3.2 million packages
-Fleet: 663 aircraft, 41,200 ground vehicles

UPS
Founded in 1907 in Seattle, as the American Messenger Co., by 19-year-old James E. Casey with $100 he borrowed from a friend. UPS adopted its current name in 1919.
Interesting Facts:
-Home Base: Atlanta, GA
-Annual Revenue: $33.5 billion
-Employees: 357,000
-Avg. Daily Volume: 13.6 million packages
-Fleet: 582 aircraft, 88,000 ground vehicles

DHL
Founded in 1969 in San Francisco by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn, and delivered documents door-to-door between San Francisco and Honolulu. Acquired by Germany’s Deutsche Post World Net in 2002 and integrated with France’s Danzas and Germany’s Euro Express under the DHL brand. In 2003 DHL acquired Airborne Express for $1.05 billion and integrated its North America operation into DHL
Interesting Facts:
-Home Base: Plantation, FL and Bonn, Germany
-Annual Revenue: $27.5 billion
-Employees: 160,754
-Avg. Daily Volume: 1.5 million packages
-Fleet: 275 aircraft, 18,000 ground vehicles