Rizaburo Toyoda

Risaburo Toyoda (豊田利三郎, Toyoda Risaburō^[1], March 5, 1884 – June 3, 1952) was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd founder Sakichi Toyoda, and brother-in-law of Toyota Motor Corporation founder, Kiichiro Toyoda (豊田喜一郎, Toyoda Kiichirō, June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952).

He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (then Tokyo Koto Shogyo Gakko) .In 1939, he became the first president of the Toyota Motor Corporation^[2].He died at the age of 68 in 1952.

References

Shirouzu, Norihiko. "Toyota Family Member Vies for the Top Job," Wall Street Journal. December 24, 2008.
International Directory of Business Biographies: Shoichiro Toyoda
Shirouzu, Norihiko and John Murphy. "Toyota to Change Leader Amid Global Sales Slump." Wall Street Journal. December 24, 2008.
Kubo, Nobuhiro and Chang-Ran Kim. "Toyota confirms Akio Toyoda as New President," Reuters. June 23, 2009.

Business positions
Preceded by -	CEO of Toyota Industries Corporation 1926–1948	Succeeded by Taizo Ishida
Preceded by -	CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation 1937–1941	Succeeded by Kiichiro Toyoda

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[1] 豊田利三郎とよだりさぶろう　デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説(Japanese)

[2] 豊田利三郎トヨダリサブロウ世紀日本人名事典の解説(Japanese)

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