Which company did Henry Ford establish in 1903 with 11 investors, before introducing the Model T?

Henry Ford established Ford Motor Company in 1903 with 11 investors.

Ford incorporated the company on June 16, 1903. Henry Ford served as vice president and chief engineer, while banker John S. Gray became the first president. The company produced its first car, the Model A, in the same year.

The Model T arrived in 1908 and became Ford's defining early success. Ford later expanded production through moving assembly lines and standardized manufacturing. The Highland Park plant, opened in 1910, became an important center for those methods, while the River Rouge complex represented a later stage of vertical integration.

The Model T was not Ford's first automobile and was not the reason the company was founded in 1903. Ford Motor Company already existed five years earlier. The 1903 incorporation date, the 1908 Model T launch, and the 1913 moving assembly-line introduction are separate milestones.