The life of Henry Ford

Henry Ford is often absent-minded at school. One day, he and a child took a watch apart. The teacher was very angry and asked them to stay after school and fix their watches before going home. At that time, the teacher didn't know little Ford's genius. It took the mechanical wizard only ten minutes to repair his watch and walk on his way home.

Ford is always interested in how things work. Once, he blocked the mouth of the teapot with something and put it on the stove. He stood by, waiting for what would happen. Of course, when water boils, it will turn into steam. Because the steam had nowhere to escape, the teapot exploded, breaking a mirror and a window. The little inventor was also badly scalded.

A few years later, Ford's curiosity and his practical ability were rewarded. He once dreamed of building a new machine, which could run on its own power and carry people. He called this machine a horseless carriage. After he made such a car, the transportation industry changed forever.

1909 founded the lucifer club. Henry Ford was born in Springwell, wayne county, Michigan. It is part of dearborn, Michigan today.

Ford's parents William and Mary Ford are immigrants from Ireland. Ford was born on a farm owned by his parents. He is the eldest of six children. He was interested in machinery since he was a child. 12 years old, he spent a lot of time building his own machinery workshop. 15 years old, he built his own internal combustion engine.

1879, he left his hometown to work as a mechanic apprentice in Detroit, and joined Westinghouse electric company after graduation. He got married on 1888.

189 1 year, Ford became an engineer of Edison Lighting Company. When he was promoted to chief engineer in 1893, he had enough time and money to carry out his personal research on internal combustion engines. He made his first car in 1896, and he named it "four-wheeled vehicle". After that, he left Edison Lighting Company with other inventors, and together they founded Detroit Automobile Company. But the company soon went bankrupt because Ford only wanted to study new cars and ignored sales. He let his car compete with other companies' cars to prove the Excellence of his car. The main product of his second company, Henry Ford, is his racing car. He even won by driving on19010+00+10. But soon, his sponsors forced him to leave Henry Ford, which was later renamed Cadillac.

Ford Motor Company established Ford Motor Company with 1 1 other investors and 1903 $28,000. His newly designed car only takes 39.4 seconds to travel a mile. At that time, a famous racing driver named it Ford 999 and took it around the United States. In this way, Ford became famous in America. Ford was founded only four years ago, with total assets exceeding one million dollars.

1908, Ford introduced the Ford Model T. From 1909 to 19 13, Ford Model T won many competitions. Because of dissatisfaction with the rules of the game, Ford withdrew from the game. At this time, there is no need for him to participate in the competition, because T-type is already very famous. In the same year, Ford introduced the assembly line into his factory, which greatly improved the production capacity. 19 18 Half of the cars running in America are model T cars. Ford attaches great importance to the promotion and protection of T-shaped design. Ford said, "Any customer can paint this car in any color he wants, as long as it stays black." This design has been maintained until 1927. By 1927, Ford * * * had produced150,000 Model T vehicles. This will be a world record for the next 45 years. Henry Ford spent a lot of time paying attention to the dearborn Independence he bought in 19 19. This newspaper has been published for eight years. During this period, the newspaper published the first article about the minutes of the secret meeting of Jewish elders (not written by Ford). Later, this "summary" was regarded as a lie by almost all historians. The American Jewish History Society called Ford's thoughts of this period "anti-immigration, anti-trade union, anti-alcohol and anti-Semitism".

Ford published several anti-Semitic articles in the newspaper under his own name. From 65438 to the early 1920s, these articles were comprehensively edited into four volumes: The International Jew, the most pressing problem in the world. Although these articles oppose the persecution and cruelty of Jews, they blame many such incidents on Jews themselves. These articles have many authors, including Ford's secretary for many years. Although Ford himself does not hold a pen, as a newspaper publisher, these articles must of course be approved by Ford himself.

19271February, Ford closed Debao independence. Later, he repented of articles such as "The International Jew" and "Summary". 1942 65438+1On October 7th, Ford wrote an open letter, expressing his position against hatred of Jews and hoping that anti-Semitism would never appear again. But some people claimed that Ford didn't write this letter, and he didn't sign it. He never really apologized for these problems. Today, anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi organizations still quote his articles on their websites. There are signs that Henry Ford helped Adolf Hitler in his early political career. Some Germans claimed to have received donations from Ford to Hitler in the 1920s. However, the survey conducted by the US Congress in 1933 failed to confirm that the donation did indeed flow to Germany.

Before the outbreak of World War II, Ford Motor Company participated in the military construction in Germany. For example, 1938, the company opened an assembly plant in Berlin to provide trucks for the Germans. In July of that year, Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of Germany, the highest medal awarded to foreigners by Nazi Germany. Ford was the first American to win this medal. The reason for winning the prize is Ford's "pioneering work in making cars a mass commodity". Hitler personally wrote a congratulatory letter. Born in Greenfield, Michigan on July 30th, 1863. His father is an Irish immigrant, and Henry ranks first among the six brothers.

Henry taught himself to be a steam engine technician. 1887 worked as a technician in Detroit Edison electric light company, and was later promoted to chief engineer.

He devoted himself to designing cars. In 1896, he tried to build a two-cylinder air-cooled four-horsepower car. 1898 resigned. Detroit Auto Company was founded in 1899, but only 25 cars were produced, which contributed to the bankruptcy of1901.

1903 Ford reorganized the automobile company in June 16 and has been the general manager. In the same year, the company produced the first Ford car. 1908, Ford made the model t Ford. This popular car is very popular and sells well in Europe. 19 1 1 year, the first automobile assembly plant was built in Kansas city, Missouri.

1908, the world's first Model T car was born, which completely changed the American way of life.

19 13, Ford founded the world's first automobile assembly line. This flow process method was later called "Ford system" and widely promoted all over the world. This system organizes mass production on the basis of standardization, mechanizes and automates all operations, and becomes a production organization form with high labor productivity.

19 14 years, workers were paid $5 for eight hours for the first time, which changed the working style of American workers.

19 15, American president Wilson received Ford and praised Ford motor company.

19 19 Henry bought the shares of other shareholders of the company and monopolized the company. He also used Citibank's funds to expand reproduction, making the company the largest automobile company in the world in the 20th century. Ford himself is also known as the "car king", and his family has become one of the major chaebol in the United States.

192 1 year, American president Harding met Ford and praised "you created the greatest company for America".

1927, the company stopped producing Ford Model T and started to manufacture new Model A cars. 1932 made a V-8 car again. At present, the company has diversified its business, not only manufacturing, assembling and selling automobiles (Ford, Mercury, Lincoln and Mainland China), trucks, tractors and related parts and accessories, but also developing and producing electronic products and appliances (including communication and meteorological satellites) used in consumer and aerospace industries.

1929, American President Hoover attended the inauguration ceremony of Ford Museum.

1936, Henry Ford and his son Edsol founded the American Ford Foundation in Michigan. At first, it was a regional welfare organization, whose purpose was to promote human welfare widely. The foundation has developed rapidly, reaching 1950, and has become a national and international organization.

1943, after the death of Henry's only son, edsel, he handed over the command of several companies to his grandson, Henry Ford II.

1946, Ford was awarded the honorary award for its contribution to the automobile industry in the "golden 50 years of automobile". The New York Times commented that Ford was not only the founder of Ford Motor Company, but also promoted the development of the whole automobile industry.

1April 3, 947, Henry Ford died. On the day of his funeral, all automobile production lines in the United States were shut down for one minute to commemorate this "Copernicus of the automobile industry"

1999, Fortune magazine named Ford "the greatest entrepreneur of the 20th century" in recognition of his and Ford Motor Company's contribution to human development.

In 2005, Forbes magazine published the 20 most influential entrepreneurs in history, and Henry Ford topped the list with the title "My Life and Work".