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Henry Ford (English: Henry Ford, July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American automotive engineer and industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Henry Ford was the first person in the world to actually apply the assembly line concept to a factory and achieve mass production with great success. Henry Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, but he made the automobile truly popular in the United States. This new production method made the automobile a mass product. It not only revolutionized the way of industrial production, but also had a huge impact on modern society and American culture. Henry Ford launched the Ford Model T, which revolutionized transportation and American industry. Henry Ford is the boss of the Ford Motor Company. Due to the sales of the Ford Model T, he has become the richest and most well-known person in the world. Not only that, he did not chase capital like other small owners. On the contrary, he brought Fordism: mass production of many cheap products and the introduction of the concept of assembly line production, which made the car manufacturing process more automated, thereby reducing costs and making cars affordable for ordinary people. And give workers high wages. Henry Ford had the vision to believe that consumerism was the basis for peace. Henry Ford's commitment to systematic cost reduction resulted in many technological and business innovations, including franchise chains that could be implemented in most of North America and in large cities on six continents. Henry Ford left most of his fortune to the Ford Foundation, which was earmarked for education and scientific research. Henry Ford was widely known for his pacifist stance during the first years of World War I, but he also wrote an anti-Semitic book, The International Jew.

Category
Athletes
Nationality
United States
Born
1863-07-30
Died
1947-04-07
Wikidata
Q8768
Occupations entrepreneurinventorwriterpoliticianracing driverjournalistindustrialistTycooneditengineer
Aliases Henry Fordhenry ford

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