Henry Ford revolutionised manufacturing and developed the first mass-produced car, ushering in the modern age and growing fabulously wealthy. By the early 1920s he was the world's richest person, building and buying up hundreds of properties during his lifetime ranging from this majestic neoclassical estate to a failed utopia in Brazil and a remarkable collection of 84 historic buildings in Michigan.

Click or scroll through to chart the captain of industry's rise from a Michigan farmhouse to the lavish properties paid for by the Model T...