Akio Toyoda built a career in business at a period when the rules of commerce were themselves changing.
The record lists Akio Toyoda as Japanese businessman, Chairman and former President/CEO of Toyota.
Akio Toyoda was born at Nagoya in 1956. His recorded nationality is Japan. He was educated at Keio University and Babson College.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as industrialist, business executive and racing automobile driver.
Enterprises outlive their founders or they do not, and that is the whole test.
Recognition followed: Officer of the Legion of Honour (2013).
That the business was built from Japan shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Akio Toyoda is still active, and the verdict on the career has not been reached.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 2013
- Educated at Keio University and Babson College
