Henry Ford
(1863-1947)
Henry Ford was born on June 30th of 1863 in present-day Dearborn, Michigan. As Henry grew up he turned his focus towards becoming a machinist. At age seventeen began pursuing his career in mechanics. Ford was an apprentice for three years and in 1891 became an engineer of Edison Illuminating Company Ford soon became the Chief Engineer of the E.I.C. and started preforming experiments and creating internal combustion engines. His first success was the Quadricycle, a two-speed fully functioning automobile. From there, Henry went on to create the Ford Motor Company in 1903 and later produced the Model T. By 1918 half of the car on the road were Ford's, showing that his hard work was finally paying off. His goal was to produce "reasonably priced, reliable, and efficient cars" for the public. Today he is known as one of America's leading business men
I admire Henry Ford for his accomplishments and his strive for success. Although he is a controversial figure in history I feel like everything he did was to better his company. One thing Ford did involved his social department, they would look into prospective employees actives outside of work. By determining their habits such as drinking or gambling issues Henry was able to weed out those that didn't fit his company. Some people might think this was a drastic way to figure out who was suitable, but I believe Ford was very protective of his company. Afterall, he spent many years building his company up and didn't want to risk all of his hard work. As far as employees went, Ford wanted serious, focused individuals that would better his company.
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