Ransom E. Olds
Entrepreneur
Automobile pioneer who ran the first modern assembly line and made the first mass-produced car.
He founded his Olds Motor Vehicle Company in 1897 and was forced out of it not long after.
His Curved Dash model car sold for $650.00, equal to about $18,000 in the early 21st century.
He married Metta Woodward on June 5, 1889. They had two daughters together.
His Oldsmobile Curved Dash came out first, even though many think Henry Ford's Model T was the first car made on the assembly line.