Henry Ford
Introduction
Henry Ford (30.7. 1863 – 7.4. 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and the inventor of the famous T Ford which gave a start of the American car industry. He also created the whole assembly line system used in mass production to reduce costs and save time. This took the industrial production into a whole different level making production more efficient. He was one of the most influential and richest people of his time. He was credited for “Fordism”, which means the assembly line production of automobiles at a reasonable price and high salary for his workers. He also gained many patents in the USA during his career.
Early years
Henry Ford was born in July 30 1863 in Michigan being the first child of the six-child family. He grew up in a wealthy family spending his days at school and doing farm chores in the evening. He showed a great interest for mechanics at an early age. Ford spend his teen age working as an apprentice machinist, but still contributing to farm work in his father’s farm. Henry Ford’s father wished he would take over the farm after him, but a passion for mechanics drove young Henry Ford into something else.
Ford became an engineer in Edison Illuminating Company where he devoted his time to personal experiments such as gasoline engines. These experiments led to a “first drat” of a T Ford, Ford Quadricycle which he wanted to improve. In 1891 Henry Ford was introduced to Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, who seemed to like Ford’s work. Edison approved the experiments Ford was doing with the automobiles and encouraged him to continue with it. This was a starting point Ford’s career as a car designer.
Ford had many companies with different people where he created and desi ...