Between Ford and Zuckerberg, a lot has changed
In the early part of the 20th century, the developed world experienced a major transition from a basic agrarian economy to an industrialized society. Technology began to focus on the mechanization of the production of consumer goods and improvements in communications whilst transportation widened the external perspectives from localized issues to national, and even international concerns.
This transition paved the way for Henry Ford, the American founder of Ford Motor Company and the father of modern assembly lines and mass production. With the introduction of the Model T automobile, he truly revolutionized the transportation industry as well as the lives of the American people. He had a global vision driven by global consumerism which saw him become arguably the industrialized world's first and most famous business executive, with his company amassing a net worth of over $188 billion in 2008.
Today, one of the world's most recent and famous company executives is Mark Zuckerberg, a 25-year-old Harvard University graduate thought to be worth in excess of $2 billion. And why is he famous? He is the co-founder of social networking website Facebook.
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