Akio Toyoda (豊田章男, Toyoda Akio?) is the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation. He received his MBA from Babson College. Read full biography of Akio Toyoda →
When consumers purchase a Toyota, they are not simply purchasing a car, truck or van. They are placing their trust in our company.
Trouble results when the speed of growth exceeds the speed of nurturing human resources. To use the analogy of growth rings in a tree, when unusually... →
Everyone says Toyota is the best company in the world, but the customer doesn't care about the world. They care if we are the best in town, or... →
It is in Toyota's DNA that mistakes made once will not be repeated.
I am at the top of Toyota and drive cars myself. I was also born with this name.
I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. I, more than anyone, wish for our customers' cars to be safe.
The hundreds of thousands of men and women at Toyota operations worldwide - including the 172,000 team members and dealers in North America - are... →
I respect my father as a father, but I also respect him as an honorable chairman.
People look at me and think I am an expert in the automobile industry, and I'm not.
After I joined Toyota, there was a period when I drove more than 200 cars in one year - different types, other companies' cars. I want to be able... →
For much of Toyota's history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every... →
With respect to sticking accelerator pedals, we failed to connect the dots between problems in Europe and problems in the United States because the... →
I ride many different cars. Let's say I would drive 200 different vehicles in a year, so it's rather difficult to say which car or what car I... →
Akio Toyoda (豊田章男, Toyoda Akio?) is the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation. He received his MBA from Babson College.