Henry Ford was an American industrialist born in 1863 in Michigan who is renowned for revolutionizing the automobile industry. He is best known for founding the Ford Motor Company and developing the assembly line technique of mass production, which allowed him to produce the affordable Model T car for the American middle class on a large scale. Ford also pioneered the $5 per day wage for his workers, which was an unprecedentedly high wage at the time. He remained actively involved in his company until his death in 1947 at the age of 83 in Michigan.

1. Henry Ford
By Hannah Frost

2. Facts
• Born in Michigan on July 30th
1863
• Died in Michigan on April 7th
1947
• He had a son called Edsel Ford.
• His net worth is $188.1 billion
• His religion was Anglican.

3. What is Henry Ford Known for?
• The Model T, which is the first car than many middle class
Americans could afford. This reveloutionised industry and
transportation in the 20th century.
• He is also known for being the sponser of the assembly line
technique of mass production This technique is also known as
fordism.
• The mass production of the Model T is what made it affordable for
many middle class Americans.
• Another thing he is known for is his pacifism during the first years
of WW1.

4. Ford Motor Company
• Henry Ford owned Ford Motor Company.
• It's an American Multinational automaker based in dearborn,
Michigan, a suburb of detroit.
• It is controlled by the ford family although they have limited
ownershipthey still have 40% voting rights within the company
• They sell cars and commercial vehicles under the ford brand and
most luxary cars under the lincoln brand.
• Ford is the second largest US based auto maker and the fith largest
in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales.
• Ford owns a 15% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom.

5. How Henry Ford Started
• On November 3rd 1901 Henry Ford made his first attempt of a car
company. The company was called Henry Ford Company, this was
later changed to the Cadillac motor company when he left in 1902.
• The Ford Motor Company was launched in 1903 with $28,000in cash
from twelve investors.
• During it's early years only a few card were manufactured a day with
a few men working on each car.
• Within a decade Ford started to pioneering the assembly line
concept and the company manufactured many more cars per day,
putting them at a more affordable price.