Akio Toyoda (豊田章男 Toyoda Akio, born May 3, 1956 in Nagoya) is the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation and is a grandson of founder Kiichiro Toyoda. He is the eldest son of Shoichiro Toyoda.
The past several months have been humbling for all of us at Toyota. We are taking this experience to heart, making fundamental changes in the way our company does business. I can assure you that our response will be comprehensive.
Toyoda is scheduled to hold a press conference in Tokyo today to speak on quality and the progress of the recall of the Prius hybrid, the company said Feb. 15. He has met twice with reporters in Japan to apologize for the recall of 8.5 million vehicles worldwide.
Bill Ford said he hasn’t offered advice to Toyoda, who is the grandson of Toyota’s founder and became president last year. Bill Ford, 52, said he and Toyoda, 53, have come to know each other during the Toyota executive’s visits to the U.S. The two share the same birthday, May 3.
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