Henry Ford had left his family at an early age. He had to support his wife and kids, and ran a saw mill. Later, he joined the Edison Illuminating Company as an engineer. At Edison’s, his work was highly regarded.
Henry always had a passion for automobiles. He set up a workshop in a shed behind his house, where he put his ideas together to create a car.
His relentless efforts were not in vain; he first came up with a gasoline-powered carriage which he called the Quadricycle, a carriage supported by four bicycle wheels. He then decided to make a company of his own to make new cars. The result was the Ford Motor Company which came into being in 1903.
Ford came out with Model A, followed by Model B and Model C. Ford’s Model T met with immediate success in the market. He explored the possibility of mass production. Ford hasn’t stopped making cars for the world ever since. When the Great Depression struck America, 183 out of 200 automobile companies declared bankruptcy, but Ford survived.