Henry Ford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American captain of industry and a business magnate
Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1863
Place of Birth: Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 07-Apr-1947
Profession: writer, engineer, politician, entrepreneur, inventor, business magnate, journalist, industrialist, racing automobile driver, peace activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Henry Ford
- Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could afford.
- In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the 20th century.
- His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.
- As the owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world.
- He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers.
- Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace.
- His intense commitment to systematically lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put dealerships throughout most of North America and in major cities on six continents.
- Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation and arranged for his family to control the company permanently. Ford was also widely known for his pacifism during the first years of World War I, and for promoting antisemitic content, including The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, through his newspaper The Dearborn Independent and the book The International Jew, having an alleged influence on the development of Nazism and Adolf Hitler.
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