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American industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company. He did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, but he was the first to apply a moving assembly line to automobile manufacture, starting with the Model T in 1913, cutting the time to build a car from about twelve hours to roughly ninety minutes and putting car ownership within reach of ordinary wage earners.

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Birth Year
1863 1
Death Year
1947 1
Nationality
American 1
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In 1913, Ford introduced moving assembly belts into his plants, which enabled an enormous increase in production.
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