On October 5, 1919, a young Italian car mechanic and engineer
named Enzo Ferrari took part in his first car race, a hill climb in
Parma, Italy. He finished fourth. Ferrari was a good driver, but
not a great one: In all, he won just 13 of the 47 races he entered.

Many people say that this is because he cared too much for the
sports cars he drove: He could never bring himself to ruin an
engine in order to win a race.

In the mid-1920s, Ferrari retired from racing cars in order to
pursue his first love: building them.

      
Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari  (1898 – 1988)        
        
       

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American
industrialist and business magnate. As founder of the Ford
Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making cars 
affordable for middle-class Americans through the Fordism 
system.

Boeing was founded by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington,
on July 15, 1916.The present corporation is the result of the
merger of Boeing with McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997.

Then–chairman and CEO of Boeing, Philip M. Condit, assumed
those roles in the combined company, while Harry Stonecipher,
former CEO of McDonnell Douglas, became president and COO.    
                                                                                             

As of 2023, the Boeing Company’s corporate headquarters is
located in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia^,   

      
    
    
    
    
 
William Edward Boeing
(October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956)

After successfully building a float plane together
with Commander George Conrad Westerveldt,
William Boeing founded a new aircraft company
bearing his name. It was his intention for Boeing
Aircraft to fulfill a US Navy contract for seaplanes.

VW V30 Prototype (1937) – Replica

On May 28, 1937, the government of Germany—then under the
control of Adolf Hitler of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party—
formed a new state-owned automobile company, then known
as Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens
mbH. Later that year, it was renamed simply Volkswagenwerk,
or “The People’s Car Company.”

Originally operated by the German Labor Front, a Nazi
organization, Volkswagen was headquartered in Wolfsburg,
Germany.

Kerr Group, Inc. (1992-1996) Businessman and entrepreneur
Alexander Hewitt Kerr (below) organized this company in
Portland, Oregon in 1903 under the name Hermetic Fruit Jar
Company. The official name was changed in 1904 to Kerr
Glass Manufacturing Company.

Kerr offered the ‘Economy’ brand of mason jar produced for
them by the Illinois-Pacific Glass Co.

The company, with offices in Portland, Oregon, was called the
Hermetic Fruit Jar Company. Kerr Glass owned and operated
seven glass plants in various locations throughout the United
States by 1975. Its products were sold nationally by employees
of the company from its twenty-seven sales offices.

(September 4, 1862 – February 9, 1925)