Sakichi Toyoda was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who founded Toyoda Automatic Loom Works. The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later establish Japan's largest automaker, Toyota. Toyoda is referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors".
- Occupation
- inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, economist
- Position held
- founder
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- March 19, 1867
- Died
- October 30, 1930
