{"slug": "asia-will-be-the-growth-engine-fedexs-salil-chari-on-riding-the-ai-boom", "title": "‘Asia will be the growth engine’: FedEx’s Salil Chari on riding the AI boom", "summary": "FedEx Asia-Pacific regional president Salil Chari said Asia will be the growth engine for FedEx as the company seeks to capitalize on AI-driven opportunities in the region while helping customers navigate geopolitical instability.", "body_md": "THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK\n\n# ‘Asia will be the growth engine’: FedEx’s Salil Chari on riding the AI boom\n\nGlobal logistics is in a volatile era but this has not derailed his focus on regional high-value trade\n\n**The strategies and stories that shape today’s leaders**\n\n[SINGAPORE] FedEx’s Asia-Pacific regional president Salil Chari wants to seize AI-driven growth opportunities in the region – while helping customers navigate the new norms of trade amid geopolitical instability.\n\n“Asia will be the growth engine for FedEx, and it’s my goal to make that a reality,” he told *The Business Times* in an interview at the company’s Singapore office.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/asia-will-be-the-growth-engine-fedexs-salil-chari-on-riding-the-ai-boom", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asia-will-be-growth-engine-fedexs-salil-chari-riding-ai-boom", "published_at": "2026-07-24 03:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-24 03:23:34.796313+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["FedEx", "Salil Chari", "Asia-Pacific"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/asia-will-be-the-growth-engine-fedexs-salil-chari-on-riding-the-ai-boom", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/asia-will-be-the-growth-engine-fedexs-salil-chari-on-riding-the-ai-boom.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/asia-will-be-the-growth-engine-fedexs-salil-chari-on-riding-the-ai-boom.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/asia-will-be-the-growth-engine-fedexs-salil-chari-on-riding-the-ai-boom.jsonld"}}