8 (800) 333 30 31 Call for regions is free 8 (495) 645 03 03 Request a call LUNG COMMERCIAL to corporative clients Service and spare parts Specials Services Used car About company Contacts About company news Vacancies Ford history Henry Ford biography Ford Technology Registration for TO Sign up for a test drive Credit calculator Configurator Cars in stock Main / About the company / Biography of Henry Ford Henry Ford biography Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 to a family of farmers. As Ford himself later argued, the work of a farmer was never particularly interesting for him. The most striking and important events of his childhood, he considered the meeting with the locomobile and the appearance of the first hours in his life - it was they who decided the fate of the future founder of the great automobile company. His passion for mechanics manifested itself in Ford in early childhood, when he tried to repair broken watches that came to his hand. Ford carried his love for this occupation, which later turned into a hobby, throughout his life. After training as an apprentice machinist, he was involved in the repair and installation of steam engines, continuing to study engineering on his own. The result of this self-study was the first Ford car, a small bogie with a four-stroke engine. Since 1893, Ford worked as chief engineer for the Edison Electric Company, which did not prevent him from continuing his research in the field of automobile construction, as a result of which the ATV was born in 1896. In 1899, Ford retired and devoted himself entirely to making cars, founding a not-so-successful, short-lived automobile company. On the cars assembled during the company's existence, Ford personally participated in the races. In 1903, the Ford Motor Company was founded , which produced its first car in the summer of the same year. Only three years later, Ford became the owner of a controlling stake in his company. In 1908, the legendary Ford Model T was released, which, due to its low cost and ease of operation and maintenance, became the most massive car of its time. With this model, Ford achieved its goal - the car is no longer a luxury item. To sell its cars, Ford created the largest network of official dealerships throughout the country, and later also abroad. In 1913, in order to increase labor productivity, the conveyor method of assembling machines was introduced at the enterprise, which made it possible to significantly increase the number of cars produced and significantly reduce their cost. Henry Ford was not only a genius inventor, but also a very good politician. High wages, which increased even more during the Great Depression, brought workers in its production to the level of the wealthy middle class, allowing them to massively purchase cars they assembled. In 1919, Henry Ford and his son Edsel became the sole owners of the company, and the son replaced his father as president for a long time. Edsel's sudden death forced Henry Ford to return to the presidency, which in 1945 was finally handed over to his grandson. Interesting and unusual for such a genius industrialist is his fascination with the theory of reincarnation, under the influence of which Ford came to the conclusion that only an experienced soul who has lived many lives and accumulated knowledge in various fields can be a genius. This theory allowed him to forget about the brevity of human life and fully devote himself to achieving his goals. Ford has devoted his entire life to realizing the idea of creating a car that is accessible to every working person. He became the author of several books, which have subsequently been translated into many languages. Many of them were recommended as a guide to the correct organization of production for the heads of various industrial enterprises. to corporative clients Service and spare parts Special offers from the sales department Services Used car About company Contacts Site Map © 2015 "Yu.S. Impex" - an official dealer of Ford. All rights reserved. Design, development and support of the site - the company " Inform-S "