Bring up Henry Ford at a party, and you can guarantee someone will jump at the opportunity to tell you that “he didn’t really invent the automobile, what he invented was the assembly line!” Okay, so he didn’t invent the car, just the mass-market production system and business model that made the car viable, affordable, and a cornerstone of the American way of life. That’s probably why he died richer than the guy who invented the car, having been one of the world’s first billionaires.
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