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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Video: Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda sets the record straight on Letterman

It's not a surprise that all comedians are taking a shot at Toyota to get a couple of laughs as the company goes through massive recalls. Earlier this week on the Late Show with David Letterman, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda (of course it wasn't really him) showed up to set the record straight with Toyota ... - read more at eGMCarTech

tags: Toyota

7 hours:

My Own Schadenfreude on the Toyota Unintended Acceleration Issue

Forget what General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda or Hyundai might think about the tremendous fall of Toyota's reputation amidst poorly installed floor mats andelectronic gremlins in regenerative braking and power steering systems. I'menjoying my own Schadenfreude these days, and it's directed toward ... - read more at Motor Trend

tags: Toyota General Motors Brembo Honda

3/11/10:

Toyota sales expected to jump 30% in March, thanks to incentives

Earlier this week, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda said that North American sales could recover in March – well, he wasn't lying. According to reports coming out today, new incentives are boosting Toyota's U.S. sales for the current month and analysts forecast a 30 percent jump for the month of March. ... - read more at eGMCarTech

tags: Toyota Automotive News Edmunds President Don Esmond Jessica Caldwell

3/11/10:

Union memo adds to Toyota's safety woes

Emergence of memo warning that safety was being put at risk by cost-cutting piles pressure on Japanese carmakerA four-year-old memo from Japanese factory workers warning that safety was being put at risk by aggressive cost-cutting has aggravated the woes of the Japanese carmaker Toyota, which is battling ... - read more at Guardian.co.uk - Business

tags: Toyota

3/10/10:

Toyoda or Toyota? It's all about crazy 8s

Why is Akio Toyoda's company called "Toyota"? Humor columnist Jay MacDonald investigates. - read more at Bankrate

tags: Toyota

3/10/10:

Antilla: SORRY

Everywhere you look, there's a CEO apologizing for something. Toyota boss Akio Toyoda is apologizing about the big, fat problem with his mysteriously accelerating cars. - read more at Topix

tags: Toyota

3/9/10:

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

3/9/10:

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

3/8/10:

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

3/8/10:

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

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