Henry Ford Signed Stock Certificate for the Ford Motor Company.

Henry Ford was an American industrialist and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the 20th century. The Ford Motor Company of Canada was founded in 1904 in order to manufacture and sell Ford motorcars in Canada and throughout the British Empire. The firm was founded when McGregor, the owner of Walkerville Wagon Works (of Walkerville, Ontario, across the river from Detroit) convinced fellow investors to invest in Ford's automobile. As the owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world.