Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman on 123 years of driving American progress

I'm Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Company, a company that my great-grandfather Henry Ford founded in 1903. Through his innovations on the vehicle and most importantly the assembly line, he really helped create the middle class in America. And he gave the average American the freedom of mobility that they didn't have prior to the Model T.Most people never traveled more than 25 miles from home in their entire lifetime. I think what it did for America was allowed people to choose where they lived an ...