Akio Toyoda

Akio Toyoda
豊田章男
Toyoda in 2011
Born (1956-05-03) 3 May 1956 (age 68)
Nagoya, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesMorizo Kinoshita
Alma materKeio University
Babson College (MBA)
Occupation(s)Chairman, Toyota
Children2
ParentShoichiro Toyoda

Akio Toyoda (豊田 章男, Toyoda Akio, born 3 May 1956) is a Japanese business executive who is the chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. He was previously the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO).[1] Toyoda is a great-grandson of the industrialist, Sakichi Toyoda, and a grandson of both the founder of Toyota Motors, Kiichiro Toyoda, and the founder of the Takashimaya department stores corporation, Shinshichi Iida.

On 1 April 2023, Toyoda stepped down as Toyota president and became chairman of the board.[2] Toyota's chief branding officer and president of the Lexus division, Koji Sato, succeeded Toyoda as CEO.

  1. ^ Toyoda New President Archived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine CNN
  2. ^ "Toyota names new CEO as Akio Toyoda steps down". CNN. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

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