Henry Ford
“To do more for the world than the world does for
you, that is a success.”
Chen Ting Hsieh
Why Henry Ford?
• Ford is an American car brand that started in
1903 by Henry Ford. They make cars and are
one of the biggest and oldest car makers in the
world. In 2020, they sold about 4.2 million cars
all over the world. If you have a Ford Focus car,
you might wonder who made this car for the
successful company.
Content
• Biography
• Into Automobile Industry
• The Model T And The Major Player
• What Is Assembly Line
• A Lasting Friendship With His Idol
• Later Years
• Conclusion
Biography
In 1882 leave
Detroit and
Henry Ford is work part-time
born in for the
Springwells Westinghouse his son Edsel
Township, Engine Bryant Ford was
Michigan. Company. born.
Dec. 1879 11 Apr. 1888 Oct. 1893
30 July 1863 1882 6 Nov. 1893
leaves his family marries with was made chief
farm to pursue Clara Bryant and engineer at the
his interest in move back to main Detroit
machinery in Detroit. Edison
Detroit. Company.
Into Automobile
Industry
Henry Ford and his
partner Alexander
Malcomson, Detroit’s
largest coal dealer,
incorporate the Ford
Motor Company with
$28,000 in cash and
In 1899 formed the $21,000 in promised
completed his first Detroit Automobile funds from 10 other
gasoline engine. Company. investors
4 June 10 Oct. 16 June
1896 1899
1893 1901 1903
In 1896 completed his built a powerful racer
first horseless carriage, the 999 which sets an
the “Quadricycle”. American speed record
of five miles in five
minutes 28 seconds.
The model T And
The Major Player
• October 1908 Ford introduces the Model
T, or "Tin Lizzie," as it came to be known.
• The Model T automobile made cars
affordable for the average person, which
led to increased mobility and changed
the way people lived and worked.
• Harold Wills: Wills was an engineer who
worked closely with Ford and helped to
design the Model T automobile. He also
helped to develop the assembly line
production process and was one of
Ford's earliest employees.
What Is Assembly
Line?
Fall 1913 Ford's Highland Park factory begins operating the first
moving automobile assembly line in the world.
Basic principle: the work moves and the workers stay put
Many people work on a product and each person does a small
task at a station
Parts must be standardized
When a product reaches the end of the line it has gone through
every station and is now a finished product
A Lasting
Friendship With
His Idol
• Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero and
idol. In 1896, shortly after building his
quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to
meet the famous inventor at a convention
in New York
• In 1903, Ford started the Ford Motor
Company and asked Edison to help design
a battery for his electric car. Although the
project failed, their friendship continued
until Edison's death in 1931.
Later years
• Had a stroke in 1938
• His son Edsel Ford died in
1943
• Support Nazi
• Passed away on April, 1947,
at the age of 84
• Henry Ford had a big impact on economics by coming up with ways to make
things quickly and cheaply, like his assembly line for cars. This made it
possible for more people to buy cars and other goods. He also paid his
workers more, which made them happier and able to buy more things,
Conclusion which helped the economy grow. His ideas inspired other businesses to find
ways to make things faster and cheaper too, which helped the economy
even more.
Resources
https://www.biography.com/business-
leaders/henry-ford
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-
Ford/Control-of-the-company
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