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Henry Ford’s Great-Great Granddaughter Bought Up Ford Stock


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Alexandra Ford English just bought a large amount of shares of the auto giant founded by her great-great grandfather, Henry Ford.

Ford English paid $750,000 on Dec. 20 for 38,789 Ford Motor (ticker: F) shares, a per-share average price of $19.33. According to a form she filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ford English made the purchase through a voting trust that now owns 65,368 shares. Trusts that benefit her or her family own another 100,267 Ford shares.

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