Henry Ford

Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) was a US industrialist, business magnate, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. He was chiefly known as founder of the Ford Motor Company, but his contributions are more than merely running a company. He created the first automobile that converted an expensive luxury into an accessible conveyance in terms of affordability for the middle class, and greatly influenced the transport sector.

Wisdom & Quotes

• History is more or less bunk.

- quoted in Chicago Tribune, May 25, 1916

• We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

- quoted in Chicago Trubune, May 25, 1916

• Money is like an arm or leg: use it or lose it.

- The New York Times, November 8, 1931

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