Primary Job Title President Primary Organization 
Toyota Motor
Location Tokai, Tokyo, Japan Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC) Gender Male
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Akio Toyoda was born on May 3, 1956. He graduated from Keio University with
a degree in law in April 1979, and then from Babson College in the United
States, with a master's degree in business administration in 1982. He joined
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in April 1984.
Akio 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 New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
(NUMMI), Toyota's production joint venture with General Motors in California,
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 in the Americas, and production management
consulting. In June 2001, Akio Toyoda became the chief officer of the Asia &
China Operations Center, and then in June 2002, he assumed the position of
managing director.
In June 2003, Akio Toyoda was made a senior managing director (this title was
changed to senior managing officer as of June 2011), 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, where he was
responsible for IT & ITS, quality, product management, purchasing, Japan and
overseas sales, and overseas operations. In June 2009, Akio Toyoda became
president of TMC.
