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Bold Moves" out, "Ford.

Drive One" in

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SUBMITTED BY: SUJATA DEWAN MBA-T SEM

Date of Birth- Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 April 7, 1947) Born- Greenfield Township, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. The chair man of Ford Motors are Henry Ford and Bill Ford. Henry Ford was a engineering genius whose pioneering efforts in industrial mass production made it possible for Americans to enjoy consumer items once regarded as luxuries.

The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In 1999, they were one of the first vehicle manufacturers in the nation to either sell or lease electric vehicles. Ford is currently the second largest automaker in the U.S. and the fourth-largest in the world based on number of vehicles sold annually, directly behind Volkswagen Group. Ford has a wide international market Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, the People's Republic of China, and several other countries. In March 2009 Ford launched to the U.S. market the Ford Fusion Hybrid and the Mercury Milan Hybrid, both as 2010 models.

What type of business is ford motor company?


Ford is Multi National Automobile/Truck manufacturer

As a child he was fascinated by machines. In 1879, he became an apprentice in a machine shop. After working there for some time, he went to school in Detroit to be trained as a machinist.

In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit.
While working as an engineer, Ford experimented with internal combustion engines and in 1896 built his first self-propelled, gasengine vehicle, known as the Quadricycle

With his schooling behind him, Ford went on to become the chief engineer of the Edison Company in 1893.

Henry was the first of William and Mary Ford's six children. He grew up on a prosperous family farm in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry's father, William Ford, was a farmer. He had moved to the United States from Ireland. William was a serious and hardworking man. Henry's mother, Mary Litogot O'Hern Ford, had grown up in a wealthy family. Mary was a kind but stern parent. She expected Henry and his five younger brothers and sisters to work hard around the farm. Fords marriage to Clara Bryant in 1888

It was Mr. Ford who put the nation on wheels, giving the "motor car" idea practicability when he developed the means to mass-produce and sell it at a price within the means of the average worker. It was Henry Ford who pioneered the successful adaptation of the basic concept of the airplane and brought aviation and its advantages within the reach of the average citizen. It was his efforts in developing suitable aircraft to serve the public, then building public confidence in their reliability, safety and necessity that put the nation on wings. He is the first vehicle manufacturers in the nation to either sell or lease electric vehicles.

1896 Ford Quadricycle

1939 Ford pick-up truck

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid.

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