Akio Toyoda | |
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豊田章男 | |
 Toyoda in 2011 | |
| Born | 3 May 1956 Nagoya, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Morizo Kinoshita |
| Alma mater | Keio University Babson College (MBA) |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman, Toyota |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Shoichiro 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.
- ^ Toyoda New President Archived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine CNN
- ^ "Toyota names new CEO as Akio Toyoda steps down". CNN. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.