Lincoln is a brand of Ford.
On 4 February 1922 Henry Ford bought the Lincoln Motor Company from Henry Leland for 8 million dollars, sparing it from closure and beginning Ford's ownership of the brand, which has been unbroken since.
Where it sits
Two levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.
Lincoln
109 years, two owners
The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.
- 1917 The Lincoln Motor Company was formed in 1917 by Henry Leland and his son Wilfred, who named it after the first president Henry Leland had voted for; it built aircraft engines during the First World War before turning to luxury cars.
- 1922 On 4 February 1922 Henry Ford bought the Lincoln Motor Company from Henry Leland for 8 million dollars, sparing it from closure and beginning Ford's ownership of the brand, which has been unbroken since.
Ford
2 marques
Ford and Lincoln are badges on one company rather than businesses it bought; what Ford actually lists as subsidiaries is finance and factories. The founding family holds a separate class of share that fixes its slice of the vote.