‘BIG BILL’ KNUDSEN
Sep 23, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS DELWYN MALLETT
best buys the canny Henry Ford made was the 1911 purchase of Keim Mills of Buffalo, New York, an automotive parts manufacturer and supplier. With the acquisition Ford also got William S Knudsen, who would become known as a ‘production genius’. On the other hand, one of Henry’s worst moves was letting Knudsen leave and take his expertise to Chevrolet, which he rapidly transformed into Ford’s main rival – eventually knocking Ford off its number-one
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