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How Henry Ford's descendants make and spend their money

What's happened to the Ford family fortune?
Martha Firestone Ford: Henry Ford's granddaughter-in-law – $800 million (£646m)
Martha Firestone Ford: Henry Ford's granddaughter-in-law – $800 million (£646m)
Martha Firestone Ford: Henry Ford's granddaughter-in-law – $800 million (£646m)
Edsel Ford II: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $500 million (£404m)
Edsel Ford II: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $500 million (£404m)
Edsel Ford II: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $500 million (£404m)
Alfred Brush Ford: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $100 million (£81m)
Alfred Brush Ford: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $100 million (£81m)
Alfred Brush Ford: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $100 million (£81m)
Elena Ford: Henry Ford's great-great-granddaughter – $125 million (£101m)
Elena Ford: Henry Ford's great-great-granddaughter – $125 million (£101m)
Elena Ford: Henry Ford's great-great-granddaughter – $125 million (£101m)
William Clay Ford Jr: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $1 billion (£808k)
William Clay Ford Jr: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $1 billion (£808k)
William Clay Ford Jr: Henry Ford's great-grandson – $1 billion (£808k)
Sheila Ford Hamp: Henry Ford's great-granddaughter – $1 billion (£808k)
Sheila Ford Hamp: Henry Ford's great-granddaughter – $1 billion (£808k)
Sheila Ford Hamp: Henry Ford's great-granddaughter – $1 billion (£808k)
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Sheila Ford Hamp: Henry Ford's great-granddaughter – $1 billion (£808k)

But not all her endeavours are separate from the family business. Sheila is an emeritus trustee of The Henry Ford, the museum complex that her family owns in the suburbs of Detroit. 

Her husband Steven Hamp (pictured), who reportedly boasts his own $3 million (£2.4m) fortune, is a life trustee of the institution, which boasts a number of Ford-related attractions across a 250-acre site.

Sheila also serves on the boards of The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House. The Michigan mansion belonged to her grandparents and became a National Historic Landmark in 2016.

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Alice Cattley

07 November 2023

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