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40 of the Most Influential People of All Time

Trista January 29, 2019 20 min

35. Henry Ford

Portrait of Henry Ford circa 1919. Hartsook/ United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division/ Wikimedia Commons.

Henry Ford didn’t just begin the Ford Automotive Company, which is still in operation today. He revolutionized production by creating an assembly line. Before Ford, products were produced by factory workers building one product from beginning to end. Ford sped this process up by having workers focus on one part of the final product. His method is still used today to mass-produce goods all over the world.

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35. Henry Ford

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