Henry Ford
Ford didn’t sell cars — it sold a system so rigid it reshaped wages, work, and war.
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Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford · 1903
Ford Motor Company was not an idea about mobility—it was a financial and mechanical system for turning $28,000 into 15 million cars. Its power came from eliminating variability: in parts, in process, in price, and eventually in design. It succeeded by making everything repeatable—including authority.