Shoichiro Toyoda

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Toyoda".

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Japanese Wikipedia.

Shoichiro Toyoda
Born	February 17, 1925 (1925-02-17)
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Nagoya University
Occupation	Chairman (1992–1999) Toyota Motor Corporation

Shoichiro Toyoda, AC, KBE (豊田 章一郎, Toyoda Shōichirō, born February 17, 1925) is a Japanese business leader, serving as chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation between 1992–1999 and also serving as chairman of the powerful Japan Business Federation (日本経済団体連合会, Nippon Keidanren), beginning in May 1994 through May 1998.

Biography

Family tree

The descendants of Sakichi Toyoda who established Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, have long dominated the upper management of Toyota Motors, which was incorporated in 1937. Shoichiro Toyoda was born in Nagoya on February 17, 1925, the son of Kiichiro Toyoda, who would become the president of Toyota between 1941 and 1950; and in due course, Shoichiro Toyoda became president of the company between 1982 and 1992. His son, Akio Toyoda, was appointed company president after Katsuaki Watanabe relinquished that post to become Chairman.

Sasuke

Heikichi

Asako

Sakichi

Tami

Eiji

Rizaburo

Aiko

Kiichiro

Shuei

Tatsuro

Shoichiro

Akio

Career

Toyoda joined Toyota Motors in 1952. He attended the Tokyo First Middle School (Hibiya High School), First High School （Tokyo University）, and graduated from Nagoya Imperial University (Nagoya University) in 1947 with a degree in engineering. In ten years, he had risen to the position of managing director; and he was promoted to senior managing director in 1967, to executive vice president in 1972, and president of the Company's marketing organization in 1981.

The merger of the sales and production organizations in 1982 produced Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyoda became the new entity's first president. The disparate nature of the two distinct corporate cultures required his attention, and the extent to which the "oil and water" of these two Toyota groups were merged successfully was attributed in large part to his leadership. He served as chairman from 1992 to 1999; and he became honorary chairman in 1999.

Honours

Awards

• 1980 – Deming Prize, Japan.
• 2000 – FISITA Medal of the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies
• 2005 – Society of Automotive Engineers Foundation's Manufacturing Leadership Award, United States.
• 2007 – Induction into the Automotive Hall of Fame, Detroit, MI, USA

National honours

• 1972 – Medal of Honor (Dark Blue Ribbon), Japan
• 1984 – Medal of Honor (Blue Ribbon), Japan.
• 1984, 1985 – Medal of Honor (Dark Blue Ribbon), Japan.
• 1995 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Japan.
• 2002 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan.
• 2007 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, Japan

Foreign honours and decorations

• 1990 – Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Thailand
• 1991 – Commander of the Order of Leopold of Belgium
• 1991 – Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit of Colombia
• 1993 – Economic Medal First Class of Taiwan
• 1995 – Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), UK.
• 1995 – Order of Francisco de Miranda (First Class), Venezuela.
• 1996 – Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil.
• 1998 – Order of Merit, Turkey.
• 1999 – Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in Gold with Star.
• 1999 – Order of Australia (AC), Australia.
• 2000 – Order of Isabel the Catholic (Commander), Spain.
• 2001 – Bundesverdienstkreuz (Commander's Cross), Germany.
• 2004 – Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Commander's Cross), Poland.
• 2004 – Order of the Direkgunabhorn (Knight Grand Cordon, First Class), Thailand.
• 2005 – Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur of France. (Commander - 1998 )
• 2005 – Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal (GCM)
• 2005 – Grand Cross of the Order of Juan Mora Fernandez, Placa de Plata of Costa Rica
• 2005 – Commander of the Order of the Equatorial Star of Gabon
• 2007 – Knight Grand Cross with the Grand Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. (Grand Officer - 1998 )

References

• Basu, Shankar. (1999). Corporate Purpose: Why it Matters More Than Strategy. London: Taylor & Francis. 10-ISBN 0-8153-3374-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-8153-3374-6
• Hino, Satoshi and Andrew Dillon. (2006). Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth. Productivity Press. 10-ISBN 1-56327-300-4; 13-ISBN 978-1-56327-300-1; OCLC 62127859

External links

• Toyota Motor Corporation: Honorary Chairman, bio notes
• Toyota Motor Corporation: official bio