Let's make ever-better cars.
もっといいクルマを作ろう。

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Akio Toyoda
Born in Nagoya in 1956, Akio Toyoda is the grandson of Toyota Motor Corporation founder Kiichiro Toyoda and great-grandson of loom inventor Sakichi Toyoda. After earning an MBA from Babson College, he joined Toyota in 1984 and became president in 2009. He steered the company through the recall crisis and the Great East Japan Earthquake, and is known as a car enthusiast who races under the alias 'Morizo.' He stepped up to chairman in 2023, handing the presidency to Koji Sato.
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