Joe Hinrichs is a venture capital investor at FM Capital who previously ran a $160B+ global automotive business at Ford and later led a Class I railroad (CSX), giving him end-to-end experience across vehicle manufacturing, supply chains, and dealer systems that most investors lack. Unlike typical venture partners with financial backgrounds, he started as an engineer, became a plant manager at GM, and personally negotiated four national labor contracts with the UAW at Ford, providing hands-on insight into manufacturing scale-up and workforce challenges that mobility startups eventually face.