Akio Toyoda

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Akio Toyoda

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President and Representative Director: Toyota Motor Corporation

President: Toyota Motor Sales USA

Akio Toyoda was born May 3, 1956. He earned a degree in law from Keio University in 1979 and a master's degree in business administration from Babson College in the United States, in 1982. He joined Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in 1984.

Mr. Toyoda's career has included postings in every phase of automotive operations, including production, marketing and product development, both in Japan and internationally. Outside Japan, he served as an executive vice president and board member at Toyota's production joint venture with General Motors in California, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), starting in April 1998. In January 2000, he returned to Japan and was named to TMC's Board of Directors in June of that year. In that capacity he took on the creation and supervision of gazoo.com, a website that contains dozens of virtual shops for consumer goods and services and also provides information about new and used vehicles. Also during this time, he supervised domestic marketing operations, operations for the Americas and production management consulting. In June 2001, Mr. Toyoda became the chief officer of the Asia & China Operations Center, and in June 2002, he assumed the position of managing director. In June 2003, Mr. Toyoda was made a senior managing director, and, in January 2005, he became chief officer of both the China Operations Group and the Asia, Oceania & Middle East Operations Group. In June 2005, he became an executive vice president and a representative director, in which capacity he was responsible for IT & ITS, quality, product management, purchasing, Japan and overseas sales, and overseas operations. In June 2009, Mr. Toyoda became president of TMC.

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Toyoda: Toyota's North American sales could recover in March

Toyota's president said he believes that North American sales could recover in March after a sharp decline last month when the automaker suspended sales of eight recalled models. “I think it's possible for sales to recover,” Akio Toyoda said. ”We are taking steps simultaneously for ... - read more at eGMCarTech

tags: Toyota General Motors Automotive News

10 hours:

Toyota to regain consumer confidence

Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda has met Premier Yukio Hatoyama and promised him to improve quality control to regain consumer confidence which has been badly shaken by a recent spate of global recalls. - read more at Economic Times - India

tags: Toyota

19 hours:

Toyota Refutes Critic Who Blames Electronics

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor, answers questions to reporters at the company's Nagoya office, in Aichi Prefecture in Japan, on Feb. 19, 2010. - read more at Japan Herald

tags: Toyota

21 hours:

Toyota chief sees US sales getting back to normal

The market for Toyota cars in North America is expected to recover in March, according to the head of the company, Akio Toyoda. - read more at Japan Herald

tags: Toyota

22 hours:

Toyota aims to refute critic who blames electronics, not gas ...

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor, Co., delivers a speech during a Toyota's crisis meeting in Toyota city, central Japan, Friday, March 5, 2010 in Toyota. Toyota's brand is in crisis but its cars... - read more at Japan Herald

tags: Toyota

23 hours:

Why You Don't Want Politicians Doing Your Engineering For You

We frequently worry (or point out the negative consequences) of technologically illiterate politicians passing laws that impact technology. It goes beyond just laws, however, into other investigations. Frank Ahrens, at the Washington Post, highlights what happens when you have technologically illiterate ... - read more at Techdirt

tags: Washington Post Toyota

3/8/10:

Carl Pope: Is Toyota Still Different?

Tokyo -- I'm here in Japan as part of a California State Blue-Ribbon Commission set up by Treasurer Bill Lockyer to see whether we can persuade Toyota to change its plans to shut down its plant in Fremont and to keep it open to produce hybrid cars. I've been part of the Fremont story since before Toyota ... - read more at Huffington Post

tags: Toyota San Francisco Chronicle

3/8/10:

Toyota Chief: Sales Could Recover in March

Akio Toyoda said a March recovery is possible and that the company is working hard to boost sales. - read more at FOX Business

tags: Toyota

3/8/10:

Toyota Workers Say Bosses Have Ignored Safety Concerns For Years

Adding a bit of fuel to the anti-Toyota fire, six Toyota manufacturing employees now say they wrote a memo to company executives in 2006 voicing concerns about vehicle safety and long-term impact on the company, only to be completely ignored. "We are concerned about the processes which are essential ... - read more at Consumerist

tags: Toyota

3/8/10:

Toyota Promises to Regain Trust, But Delays Loom

Shares of Toyota Motor (TM) are up 85 cents, or 1%, at $77.79, after CEO Akio Toyoda told Japan's prime minister today that the company will regain consumers' trust, according to Dow Jones's Yoshio Takahashi and Kazuhiro Shaimamura. The meeting with Japan's Yukio Hatoyama to brief him on Toyoda's recent ... - read more at Barron's Online - Stocks to watch today

tags: Toyota Dow Jones Tadashi Arashima

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