Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, has been re-elected to the company’s board. Toyoda survived the election, along with nine other members of the board, despite ...

Toyota is one of the most recognizable car brands worldwide but who owns the company and where are the popular vehicles ...

The Toyodas have a great deal of stock in the company Kiichiro Toyoda founded, yet the family only owns 0.8% off all shares. And while the Toyodas have lost quite a bit of stock value, the company ...

Founder Kiichiro Toyoda and his team had been working up designs for the G1 for some time prior to its release, ultimately basing the build of their prototype on a Ford truck produced for the 1934 ...

Akio Toyoda, the new President of Toyota and grandson of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda, is predicting another two years of tough times for the auto industry. In order to stay afloat, the ...

Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, ascended to his role as president of Toyota in June of 2009. Thanks to the Great Recession, he was saddled with the recovery from ...

He was the father of Akio Toyoda, who recently announced he was stepping down as president and chief executive to become its chairman. Shoichiro was the eldest son of Kiichiro Toyoda, who founded ...

But the cars are not well-known abroad. Toyoda called the Crown “the pride of Japan.” Company founder Kiichiro Toyoda, his grandfather, came up with the name. “Nothing will make me happier ...

manufacture, and sale of housing, telecommunications and other businesses. The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda on August 28, 1937 and is headquartered in Toyota, Japan.