1. Industrial Period
... Ford came from a small farm family, where he became an excellent self-taught mechanic. At the age of 16, Henry moved to Detroit to work at his first job as a mechanic. In 1891, Ford became head engineer at the Detroit Illuminating Company. He soon became constructing what would become his first car. In 1903 Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company, and ... standards which had not ever previously existed, such as attending work regularly, and having a moral private life. Henry Ford was an active philanthropist. He built a hospital for his employees in Detroit, and founded the "Ford Foun...
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