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Henry Ford Henry Ford, c.1919 Born：July 30, 1863 Greenfield Township, Michigan, U.S. Died：April 7, 1947 Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Occupation：Business, Engineering Net worth： $188.1 billion, based on information from Forbes, February 2008. Religion：Protestant Episcopal Spouse：Clara Jane Bryant Children：Edsel Ford Parents：William Ford and Mary Ford Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobilerevolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. Ford spent most of his life making headlines, good, bad, but never indifferent. Celebrated as both a technological genius and a folk hero, Ford was the creative force behind an industry of unprecedented size and wealth that in only a few decades permanently changed the economic and social character of the United States. 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 but arranged for his family to control the company permanently. | 
