Name: | Akio Toyoda |
Occupation: | CEO |
Gender: | Male |
Birth Day: | May 3, 1956 |
Age: | 64 |
Country: | Japan |
Zodiac Sign: | Gemini |
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Toyoda completed his undergraduate work in law at Keio University in Japan and was awarded his Masters of Finance at Babson College in Massachusetts. He would join the family business in 1984.
Grandson of the company founder, in 2000, Toyoda joined Toyota’s board of directors. In 2005, Toyoda was promoted to the position of executive vice president. In January 2009, it was announced that Toyoda was chosen as the forthcoming president of the company. On 23 June 2009, he was confirmed as the new president, along with four new executive vice presidents and eight new board members. The previous president and CEO Katsuaki Watanabe became vice chairman, replacing Katsuhiro Nakagawa.
As an avid auto racing fan and driver himself, Toyoda has promoted sports models like the Lexus IS-F and Lexus LF-A at auto races. He has participated as a driver at events like the 2009 24 Hours Nürburgring race employing the pseudonym Morizo Kinoshita. In 2009, he reached the 87th position overall and the fourth position in his class with his LF-A Prototype No. 14.
In the wake of massive global recalls ballooning to 8.5 million vehicles, Toyoda was invited to testify before the U.S. Congress on 17 February 2010, which he accepted. A week later, he issued a prepared statement to the Congress. He focused on three key issues: Toyota’s basic philosophy regarding quality control, the cause of the recalls, and “how we will manage quality control going forward”. On 24 February 2010, accompanied by president and COO of Toyota Motor North America, Yoshimi Inaba, Toyoda testified before the House of Representatives’ Oversight and Government Reform Committee. As the scion of a family world renown for their contributions to automated manufacturing, the quality control crises personally affected the former Massachusetts student, Toyoda. In his comments he is quoted as being “deeply sorry” and highlighted the relations between Toyota vehicles in the United States and Americans for fifty years.
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Currently, Akio Toyoda is 66 years, 3 months and 12 days old. Akio Toyoda will celebrate 67th birthday on a Wednesday 3rd of May 2023.
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