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Entrepreneurs Who Changed History
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Entrepreneurs Who Changed History

by DK
September 2020
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 53m
English
DK Publishing
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HENRY FORD

1863–1947

An industrialist, mechanical engineer, and business magnate, Henry Ford is best known for creating the Model T Ford, the first affordable automobile for the masses. Ford’s innovations revolutionized the way people traveled and brought mass production and consequently mass consumption to the US and the world.

The son of Irish immigrant farmers, Henry Ford was born in Michigan in 1863. He became obsessed with mechanics after receiving a watch for his 12th birthday and resolved to become a mechanical engineer and build automobiles after seeing an early steam road engine.

At 16, Ford began ...

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