Shoichiro Toyoda was born on February 27, 1925, and lived until February 14, 2023.
Shoichiro Toyoda was a Japanese business executive who served as chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation from 1992 to 1999, as well as chairman of the influential Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) from 1994 to 1998.
Under Toyoda’s supervision, Toyota approved the development of the Lexus brand and the Prius hybrid.
He was the grandson of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda and the son of the Toyota Motors founder Kiichiro Toyoda. His son Akio Toyoda is the current president of the Toyota Motor Corporation.
Toyoda attended the Tokyo First Middle School (currently Hibiya High School) and First High School (currently Tokyo University) and graduated from Nagoya Imperial University (currently Nagoya University) in 1947 with a degree in Engineering BS. He would be awarded a Ph.D., by Tohoku University, in 1955.
Shoichiro Toyoda Parents: Meet Kiichiro Toyoda, Hatako Toyoda
Shoichiro Toyoda was born in Nagoya on February 27, 1925, to Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motors, and Hatako Toyoda, the daughter of the Takashimaya department store chain co-founder, Iida Shinshichi. He is the grandson of Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works.