Shoichiro Toyoda
is a Japanese retired business executive who served as chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation between 1992–1999,Toyota Honorary Chairman as well as chairman of the influential beginning in May 1994 through May 1998. Under Toyoda's supervision, ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
founder,
Kiichiro Toyoda
was a Japanese businessman and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda's focus from automatic loom manufacture into automobile manufacturing created what would become Toyota Motor Corporation.
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Non- TMC posts
* Intl. trustee, International House (1991-)
* Honorary consul (Nagoya), Denmark (1991-)
* Representative director, Institute for International Economic Studies (1996-)
* Senior advisor and member of the board, Toyota Central R&D Labs (2001-)
* Chairman, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (2002-)
* Representative director, Genesis Research Institute, Inc. (2009-)
* Chairman of the board, Toyota Technological Institute (June 2009-)
* Honorary chairman, Toyota Foundation (June 2009 )
Awards and citations
* Medal with Blue Ribbon, Japan, 1992
* National Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil, 1994
* Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Japan, 1999
* Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Denmark, 2000