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Henry Ford July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947 was a prominent 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 automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As 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 a dealership in every city in 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.
He was known worldwide especially in the 1920s for a system of Fordism that seemed to promise modernity, high wages and cheap consumer goods, but his antisemitism in the 1920s has been a source of controversy.
Contents
* 1 Early years
* 2 Marriage and family
* 3 Career
* 4 Ford Motor Company
o 4.1 Model T
o 4.2 Model A and Ford's later career
o 4.3 Labor philosophy
+ 4.3.1 The five-dollar workday
+ 4.3.2 Labor unions
* 5 Ford Airplane Company
o 5.1 Willow Run
* 6 Peace and war
o 6.1 World War I era
o 6.2 Mental collapse and World War II
* 7 The Dearborn Independent
* 8 International business
* 9 Racing
* 10 Later career
* 11 Death
* 12 Sidelights
o 12.1 Interest in materials science and engineering
o 12.2 Georgia residence and community
o 12.3 Preserving Americana
o 12.4 On the idea that he invented the automobile
o 12.5 On the idea that he invented the assembly line
o 12.6 Miscellaneous
* 13 Popular culture
* 14 Honors
* 15 See also
* 16 Notes
* 17 References
o 17.1 Memoirs by Ford Motor Company principals
o 17.2 Biographies
o 17.3 Specialized studies
o 17.4 Further reading
* 18 External links
* 19 References

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