industrialist
Akio Toyoda.
Japanese businessman, Chairman and former President/CEO of Toyota
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About Akio Toyoda
Akio Toyoda is a Japanese business executive who is the chairman of Toyota. He was previously the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO). Toyoda is a grandson of the founder of Toyota Motors, Kiichiro Toyoda, and a great-grandson of both the industrialist, Sakichi Toyoda, and the founder of the Takashimaya department stores corporation, Shinshichi Iida.
Everything about Akio Toyoda →- Occupation
- industrialist, business executive, racing automobile driver, entrepreneur
- Position held
- president, chief executive officer
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- May 3, 1956
- Website
- http://www.toyota-global.com/