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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toyota began as a company that focused around Sakichi Toyoda's invention of the automatic loom. Toyota's very first car, the venerable Model AA, was developed by Kiichiro Toyoda, when it was ...

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 ...

Shoichiro Toyoda, whose leadership for more than half ... He grew up being told by Toyota’s founder Kiichiro, who was passionate about manufacturing Japanese cars, “Anyone who doesn’t ...

Toyoda was the son of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda. He is also the father of current CEO and President Akio Toyoda, who will step down from his role on April 1 to become chairman of the board.