10 Wealthiest Historical Figures That Ever Lived
9. Henry Ford - £117.5 Billion
Henry Ford is well-known for popularizing the automobile in the United States through his eponymous Ford Motor Company. He was born in 1863 to a farming family, but quickly developed an interest in mechanics. As a young man he moved to Detroit and began work on automobiles, working with the Dodge brothers and even founding a company named the Henry Ford Company - which was r
enamed Cadillac Automobile Company when he left after a disagreement with partners in 1902. He went on to found the Ford Motor Company and revolutionized the automobile with his introduction of the Model T in 1908. Fords decisions to pay his employees high wages and his revolutionary, scientific approach to assembly line work made him one of the most influential industrialists of all time. At the time of his death in 1947, he had a net worth of approximately £117.5 billion.