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Automotive News Europe, June, 2003
Ford Motor Co. ownership on June 16, 1903
Henry Ford - 255 shares, face value $25,500
John S. Gray - 105 shares, face value $10,500. Sold by his heirs in 1919 for $26.25 million.
Alex Malcomson - 255 shares, face value $25,500. Sold in 1906 for $175,000.
James Couzens - 24 shares, face value $2,400. Acquired another 85 when other stockholders sold out in 1906. Sold in 1919 for $29,308,858. His sister, Rosetta Couzens, bought one share for $100 in 1903 and received $262,036 for it in 1919.
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