Shoichiro Toyoda | |
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豊田 章一郞 | |
 Toyoda in 2007 | |
| Born | February 27, 1925 Nagoya, Empire of Japan |
| Died | February 14, 2023 (aged 97) |
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| Title | Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation (1994–1999) |
| Children | Akio |
| Father | Kiichiro Toyoda |
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Shoichiro Toyoda (Japanese: 豊田 章一郞, Hepburn: Toyoda Shōichirō, February 27, 1925 – February 14, 2023) was a Japanese business executive who served as chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation from 1992 to 1999,[1] as well as chairman of the influential Japan Business Federation (日本経済団体連合会, Nippon Keidanren)[2] from 1994 to 1998.[3] Under Toyoda's leadership, Toyota started manufacturing vehicles overseas[4] and undertook the development of the Lexus brand.[5] He was the grandson of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda and the son of the Toyota Motor founder Kiichiro Toyoda.[4]
- ^ Toyota: Honorary Chairman Archived June 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Basu, Shankar. (1999). Corporate Purpose: Why it Matters More Than Strategy, p. 55.
- ^ "Imai officially tapped by Toyoda to head Keidanren", The Japan Times. January 12, 1998 ;Keidanren: New Year's greeting, 1994.
- ^ a b "Toyota honorary chairman Shoichiro Toyoda dies at 97". The Japan Times. February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ "Shoichiro Toyoda 1925– Biography – Toyota's crown prince, Shoichiro champions total quality control". referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved November 7, 2020.