"If I had asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me: a faster horse." The original English sentence of Henry Ford's famous saying is: If I had to ask customers what they want, they will tell me: a fast horse.

Personal introduction of Henry Ford

Henry Ford, July 1863. His father is an Irish immigrant, and Henry ranks first among the six brothers. He is a steam engine technician.

In p>1887, he became a technician in Detroit Edison Electric Company, and later he was promoted to chief engineer. He devoted himself to designing cars. In 1896, he tried to make a two-cylinder air-cooled four-horsepower car. He resigned in 1898 and became the first automobile company, but only 25 cars were produced, which was convenient for bankruptcy in 19.

in p>193, Ford founded the automobile company again and has been the general manager. In the same year, the company produced the first Ford car. In 198, Ford made Model T Ford. This popular car is very popular and sells well in Europe. In 1911, the first automobile assembly plant was built in Kansas City, Missouri.

in p>1913, 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.

in p>1919, 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 2th century. Ford himself is also known as the "car king", and his family has become one of several major chaebol in the United States.

in p>1927, the company stopped producing Model T Ford cars and started to manufacture new Model A cars. In 1932, it began to manufacture V-8 cars. The company has diversified its operations, not only manufacturing, assembling and selling cars (Ford, Mercury, Lincoln and Continental), trucks, tractors and related parts and accessories, but also developing and producing electronic products and appliances for consumer and aerospace industries (including communication and meteorological satellites).

In p>1943, after the death of Henry's only son, Edsel, he handed over the command of many enterprises in the company to his grandson, Henry Ford II.

on April 3, 1947, Henry Ford died.