Rizaburo Toyoda
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was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of
Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
Industries Co., Ltd founder
Sakichi Toyoda was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born in Kosai, Shizuoka. The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later establish Japan's largest automaker, Toyo ...
, and brother-in-law of
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
founder, His original surname was Kodama (児玉). He graduated from
Hitotsubashi University is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social science ...
(then ''Tokyo Koto Shogyo Gakko'') .In 1939, he became the first president of the Toyota Motor Corporation.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) He died at the age of 68 in 1952.


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Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese businessman and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda's focus from automatic loom manufacture into automobile manufacturing created what would become Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyoda ...
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Sakichi Toyoda was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born in Kosai, Shizuoka. The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later establish Japan's largest automaker, Toyo ...
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Shoichiro Toyoda is a Japanese retired business executive who served as chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation between 1992–1999,Toyota Honorary Chairman as well as chairman of the influential beginning in May 1994 through May 1998. Under Toyoda's supervision, ...


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. 1884 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Japanese businesspeople Rizaburo Toyota people Hitotsubashi University alumni Mukoyōshi {{Japan-business-bio-stub