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- Jun 16, 190390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Henry Ford and His Investors Sign the Papers That Create Ford Motor Company
- At about 9:30 am on 16 June 1903 in Detroit, Henry Ford and a group of investors met to sign the paperwork forming Ford Motor Company[1]
- The notarised documents were dated June 16 but did not reach the Michigan Secretary of State until the next day, so Ford became a legal company on June 17[1]
- Benzinga notes 1,000 shares were split among Henry Ford and the other private investors, with Ford holding 255, and that the company had earned a US$37,000 profit by 1 October 1903[3]
- Within a month the company had its first order for the Model A, which had a two-cylinder, 8-horsepower engine and could reach 30 mph[1]
- Wikipedia notes the company, now headquartered in Dearborn, was founded by Henry Ford and is still controlled by the Ford family[2]
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- [1]90%automotivehistory.org/june-16-1903-ford-motor-company-is-incorporatedautomotivehistory.org· Posted Oct 5, 2026· Starts Jun 16, 1903 ✓· 50% of score
Wikipedia[2] says the company "was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903" and This Day in Automotive History says the papers dated June 16, 1903 were signed that morning, though they reached the state office the next day, so June 17 was when it became a legal company; the pin uses the signing date.
- [2]85%Ford Motor Company - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 5, 2026· 50% of score
Infobox and lead: founded June 16, 1903 in Detroit by Henry Ford.[1]
- [3]72%This Day In Market History: Ford Goes Public - Benzinga on Yahoo Financefinance.yahoo.com· Published Jan 17, 2018· 0% of score
Opened: first shares, Ford's 255, October 1903 profit.[1]
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