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Henry Ford was a man whose ideas changed the world

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford is an industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motors Company, which continues to produce cars at the present time. He owns the slogan "a car for everyone."

Childhood

Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, near the town of Dearborn, Michigan, on his father's farm. The boy's parents, William Ford and Marie Litogot, moved to the United States from Ireland. Besides Henry, there were three other sons and two daughters growing up in the family. He was sent to a church school, but his education was so lame that the boy even wrote with mistakes. When Ford took over the company years later, he did not draw up a single competent contract. One of the newspapers called him an ignoramus, and Henry later sued this publication. He believed that it was not literacy that was important, but the ability to think with your head.

THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN FORD'S BIOGRAPHY WAS A GIFT – A POCKET WATCH RECEIVED FROM HIS FATHER. HE IMMEDIATELY DISASSEMBLED THEM, FIGURED OUT HOW THE MECHANISM WORKED AND SAFELY PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER

Henry's youth Early career

Henry turned 12 when his mother died. It was the first serious blow of fate that left a deep mark on his soul. At the age of sixteen, Ford got tired of the farm, he gave up everything, and left for Detroit. There he enters a mechanical workshop as an apprentice, and has been working for four years. In 1891, Henry went back to Detroit to become a mechanical engineer at Thomas Edison's company. He held this position until 1899. In 1893, he managed to achieve the result — he designed the first car.

The leader of the automotive industry.

Henry couldn't find buyers for his car. In 1902, a car race took place. Thus, he wanted to advertise his car, and he quite succeeded. Ford always said that if he had only four dollars, he would definitely spend three of them on advertising. Inspired by his success, Ford founded his own company called Ford Motor, and in 1903 began producing Ford A cars. It was Ford who first started assembling cars on the assembly line, and turned out to be the winner. Ford became the leader of the automotive industry.

In 1903, a trial began against him, which lasted until 1911. In 1909, Henry lost the trial, but filed for a retrial.

Success

The real success awaited the inventor in 1908, when the Fords-T began to roll off the assembly line. This car had a simple finish, practicality and affordable price. The best advertisement for this model was that the famous writer Ernest Hemingway was also among the buyers. In 1910, Ford built the Highland Park plant, where the first conveyor started operating 3 years later. At first, the generator came off it, and soon it came to the engine. By 1914, Henry had produced ten million cars, that is, 10% of the total number created worldwide.

IN THE 20S, FORD BECAME ONE OF THE LEADERS IN CAR SALES. OF THE 10 CARS SOLD IN AMERICA, 7 BELONGED TO HENRY'S COMPANY. IT WAS THEN THAT HE RECEIVED THE NICKNAME "CAR KING".

In 1925, Ford founded an airline called Ford Airways. He soon expanded it by acquiring the firm of William Stoat. The Ford Trimotor airliner, which was produced from 1927 to 1933, became particularly popular. Over the years, 199 airliners were produced, which served until 1989. In the 20s, Henry supported economic cooperation with the USSR. The first Soviet tractor of mass production Fordzon - Putilovets, presented in 1923, was created on the basis of the Fordzon tractor. During 1929-1932, Ford Motor employees contributed to the construction and reconstruction of factories in Moscow and Gorky.

death

At that time, he turned 79, and it was getting harder to manage production. Therefore, in 1945, Ford handed over the leadership post to his grandson Henry Ford II. The great inventor died on April 7, 1947. The cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.