Who was the founder of the company that made the Model T?

Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company, the company that produced the Model T.

Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit on June 16, 1903, after Henry Ford’s earlier automotive ventures. The new company began with financial backing from a group of investors, including John and Horace Dodge, but Henry Ford is recognized as its founder and central engineering and business figure.

Ford introduced the Model T in 1908. The car was designed to be durable, simple to maintain, and affordable for middle-class buyers. Ford’s manufacturing organization—especially the moving assembly line introduced at Highland Park in 1913—allowed the company to produce cars at a scale and price that transformed everyday transportation.

A common mix-up is Ransom Olds, who pioneered an earlier automotive assembly line, or Karl Benz, who created the first practical gasoline automobile. Neither founded Ford nor made the Model T. Thomas Edison was Ford’s friend and technological associate, not the company’s founder.