When Henry Ford incorporated his eponymous car company, he promised to create an automobile for “the great multitude.” Before Ford, cars were rarer than incredibly rare millionaires.
That Ford made cars fairly common is very telling with the present in mind. One guesses the growing ubiquity of Model Ts signaled substantial market share in the automobile sector for Ford Motor Company. Rightfully so. Ford created a mass market that previously didn’t exist.
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