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  • Henry Ford


    “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right,”

    “Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.”

    The success story of Henry Ford is known as the father of the automobile and creator of the assembly line. While working as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit, Henry Ford (1863-1947) built his first gasoline-powered horseless carriage, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind his home. In 1903, he established the Ford Motor Company, and five years later the company rolled out the first Model T. He helped bring transportation to the masses in America with his Ford Model T car. However, prior to this success both his first company and then his second company went bankrupt