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Ford Motor Company (geralmente referida simplesmente como Ford) é uma fabricante de automóveis multinacional estadunidense sediada em Dearborn, Michigan, um subúrbio de Detroit. Foi fundada por Henry Ford e incorporada em 16 de junho de 1903.
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Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand.
- Henry Ford
- Ford family (2% equity; 40% voting power)
- Foundation
- Early Developments and Assembly Line
- Post-World War I Developments
- Post-World War II Developments
- Recapitalization, Restructuring
- General Corporate Timeline
- Criticism and Controversies
Henry Ford built his first automobile, which he called a quadricycle, at his home in Detroit in 1896. The location has been redeveloped, where the Michigan Building now stands, and the tracks for the Detroit People Mover and the Times Square People Mover station are nearby. At the entrance to the Michigan Building, there is a commemorative plaque i...
During its early years, the company produced a range of vehicles designated, chronologically, from the Ford Model A (1903) to the Model K and Model S (Ford's last right-hand steering model) of 1907. The K, Ford's first six-cylinder model, was known as "the gentleman's roadster" and "the silent cyclone", and sold for US$2800; by contrast, around tha...
By 1916, the company had accumulated a capital surplus of $60 million, but Henry Ford declared that he intended to end special dividends for shareholders in favor of massive investments in new plants, including the River Rouge plant, allowing Ford to dramatically increase production, and the number of people employed at his plants, at the same time...
In 1943, a despondent Edsel Ford died of stomach cancer. Henry decided then to resume direct control of the company, but this proved a very poor idea as he was 78 years old and suffering from heart problems and atherosclerosis. His mental state was also questionable, and there was a very real possibility that the company would collapse if he died o...
Cash hoarding
In April 2000 the Ford Motor Company announced its recapitalization plan distributing about half of its $24 billion cash hoard, and paying a $10 billion special dividend, and the issuance of additional stock to the Ford family, to provide more flexibility for the Ford family in terms of estate planning. In 2000 Ford's cash hoard was the largest of any company in the world. As of 2006, the Ford family owned about 5% of company shares outstanding. In December 2006, Ford announced it would mortg...
1896: Henry Ford builds his first vehicle – the Quadricycle– on a buggy frame with 4 bicycle wheels.1898: Ford creates the Detroit Automobile Company; two and a half years later it is dissolved.1901: Ford wins high-profile car race in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The Henry Ford Company is incorporated but discontinued the following year only to be reinvigorated by Henry Leland as the Cadillac...1903: Ford Motor Company incorporated with 11 original investors. The Model A"Fordmobile" is introduced – 1,708 cars are produced.Throughout its history, the company has faced a wide range of criticisms. Some have accused the early Fordist model of production of being exploitative, and Ford has been criticized as being willing to collaborate with dictatorshipsor hire mobs to intimidate union leaders and increase their profits through unethical means. Ford refused to allow col...
22 de abr. de 2024 · Ford Motor Company is an American automotive corporation that was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford and 11 associate investors. Emerging at the close of the American Industrial Revolution and fueled by the dynamic ethos of Gilded Age capitalism, Ford Motor Company revolutionized the automotive industry.
List of leaders of Ford Motor Company. CEOs and Chairmen. The position of CEO and Chairman have been assumed as a single position, unless noted (CEOs who were not Chairman were generally President at the time). From April to September 2006, the role of President was absorbed into the role of Executive Chairman. [1] Presidents.
No.NameTook OfficeLeft Office13October 1, 2020Present12May 22, 2017September 30, 202011July 1, 2014May 22, 201710September 5, 2006July 1, 2014The Ford Motor Company (FMC; often known as Ford) is an American multinational automaker, founded on June 16, 1903 by Henry Ford. Ford, which owns the luxury vehicle manufacturer Lincoln , was the second-largest automaker, after General Motors , 1931 to 2004.
Learn about the history of Ford Motor Company, from its founder Henry Ford to its achievements in transportation and social impact. Explore the company timeline, the heritage of help, the Ford Heritage Vault and the women of Ford.
