Shoichiro Toyoda: According to the company, Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor who turned the Japanese carmaker into a major global brand, passed away on Tuesday from heart failure. He was 97.
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Who was Shoichiro Toyoda?
Toyoda is credited with developing a culture of quality control at the company and assisting its development into a major carmaker. He is a third-generation scion of the founding family who inherited its stake in the company. Toyota, which began as a producer of looms, was pushed by him to start making cars abroad.
The Japanese automaker’s growth into one of the most well-known brands in the world was assisted by Toyoda, who was born on February 27, 1925.
Shoichiro Toyoda, just 27 years old when he joined the firm as a board member, is the grandson of Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Co., and Sakichi Toyoda, who formed the Toyota group. For his efforts to raise product quality, he was appointed managing director in 1961.
In 1972 and 1981, he rose to the position of executive vice president and was appointed head of Toyota’s sales division.
He took over as president of the newly merged TMC in 1982, following the merger of the sales and manufacturing organisations, and later served as chairman of the board from 1992 to 1999. Toyoda was a member of the board for 57 years before becoming honorary chairman, a post he held from June 2009 until his passing.
In 2007, Toyoda was elected into the American Automotive Hall of Fame.
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