Henry Ford didn’t invent the car, Karl Benz beat him to that years ago. He also didn’t invent the assembly line, but he sure is famous for it. So why in the world do people call Henry Ford an innovator, the American Captain of Industry? Ford might have not invented anything 100% original, but he knew how to take existing ideas and develop them into something extraordinary. Henry Ford wanted to take the idea of an automobile reserved for the rich and bring it to the millions.
