"He's a very likable gentleman," Smith said of Obama. "He's clearly brilliant and I think he's very -- I've been asked this many times the little bit I've been around him, whether I thought he is pro-business. I think he's very pro-business. ... I think he very much wants American business to prosper."

Fred Smith, CEO of FedEX, was recently named one of the four Tennesseans on the Forbes 400 list. He is the only one not in the healthcare or insurance business.

Link...