Toyoda Eiji

Toyoda Eiji

Toyoda Eiji AC ( Japanese 豊 田 英 二 ; * September 12, 1913 in Kinjō , Nishikasugai-gun (today: Horibata-chō, Nishi-ku , Nagoya ), Aichi Prefecture ; † September 17, 2013 in Toyota ) was a Japanese manager and Chief Executive Officer ( daihyō-torishimariyaku -shachō ; "executive director and president") of the Japanese automobile company Toyota ( Toyota Jidōsha KK ).

Life

Eiji was born to Toyoda Heihachi, whose brother was Toyoda Sakichi . Sakichi's son Kiichirō, in turn, was the founder of Toyota, a cousin of Eiji.

He completed his mechanical engineering studies at the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1936. In April of the same year he joined the company. In May 1945 he became director ( 取締 役 , torishimariyaku ), in July 1950 managing director ( 常務 , jōmu ), in July 1953 chief executive officer ( 専 務 , semmu ), in February 1960 deputy president ( 副 社長 , fuku-shachō ) and in October 1967 president ( 社長 , shachō ). In 1982 he resigned from this position and became chairman of the board of directors ( 会長 , kaichō ).

Toyoda Eiji was largely responsible for the introduction of the luxury brand Lexus .

In 1994 he resigned as chairman at the age of 81.

Awards

• 1971: Medal of Honor with blue ribbon
• 1983: Order of the Sacred Treasure
• 1985: Commander of the Order of the Infante Dom Henrique
• 1990: Order of the Rising Sun
• 1990: White Elephant Order
• 1991: Grand Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown
• 1992: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thailand
• 1993: Companion of the Order of Australia
• 1995: James Watt Medal
• 2001: Grand Cross of the Order of Direkgunabhorn

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ト ヨ タ 中興 の 祖 、 世界 が 追随 「カ ン バ ン 方式」 モ ノ づ く り に 心血 . (No longer available online.) In: MSN 産 経 ニ ュ ー ス . September 18, 2013, archived from the original on September 27, 2013 ; Retrieved September 20, 2013 (Japanese). 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.  
2. ↑ Eiji Toyoda, who helped steer Toyota's rise, dies at 100
3. ↑ 【時代 の リ ー ダ ー】 豊 田英 二 ・ ト ヨ タ 自動 車 会長 . In: nikkei BPnet. Nikkei , January 13, 2009, accessed August 16, 2009 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ Chester Dawson: Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit . John Wiley & Sons (Asia), Singapore 2004, ISBN 0-470-82110-8 .
5. ↑ Chester Dawson: Kiichiro And Eiji Toyoda: Blazing The Toyota Way. In: Business Week Online. The McGraw-Hill Companies, May 24, 2004, accessed August 16, 2009 . 
6. ^ Search Australian Honors - Simple Search. In: It's an Honor. Australian Government, accessed August 16, 2009 . 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Toyoda is the family name, Eiji the first name.