Eiji Toyoda

Eiji Toyoda (豊田 英二, Toyoda Eiji, born 12 September 1913 near Nagoya in Japan) is a prominent Japanese industrialist, who was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and worldwide prominence during his tenure as president and later chairman. Eiji Toyoda studied engineering at Tokyo Imperial University from 1933 to 1936. During this time Toyoda's cousin Kiichiro established an automobile plant at the Toyoda Automa... More

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