Shōichirō Toyoda
Shōichirō Toyoda AC , KBE ( Japanese 豊 田 章 一 郞 , Toyoda Shōichirō ; born February 27, 1925 in Aichi Prefecture ) is a Japanese manager who served as chairman ( daihyō-torishimariyaku -kaichō ) of Toyota from 1992 to 1999 and from 1994 until 1998 acted as chairman of the Nippon Keidanren trade association . He is a son of the company's founder, Toyoda Kiichirō .
In October 2000, he was appointed to the board of directors of KDDI , Toyota Industries holds 11.7% of KDDI (as of 2007).
He graduated from Nagoya University . He has a doctorate in mechanical engineering , and in 1952 he received his doctorate in fuel injection . The current CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda is its oldest son.
From 1976 to 1979 he was chairman of the jidōsha-gijutsu-kai ( 自動 車 技術 会 , "Council for Automotive Technology "; English Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ US-Japan Foundation Honors Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda. United States-Japan Foundation, accessed March 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Toyota.com: Honorary Chairman ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 自動 車 技術 会 : 歴 代 会長
Web links
- Shōichirō Toyoda in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toyoda, Shōichirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 豊 田 章 一 郞 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aichi Prefecture , Japan |