Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada served as the “trigger” in the decision by Akio Toyoda to step down as company president and hand over the baton to a much younger executive.

The Associated Press is reporting that Toyota will once again have a Toyoda at the helm before long. Akio Toyoda, the 52-year-old grandson of Toyota Motor Corp's founder, Kiichiro Toyoda ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said on Thursday that Akio Toyoda would step down as president and chief executive and hand over the helm of Japan's largest automaker at a time when the company faces the ...

Speaking at CES 2025 in Las Vegas today, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda addressed the looming consolidation facing two huge parts of the Japanese auto industry: Honda and Nissan. But he confirmed ...

The announcement that Akio Toyoda will step down as chief executive of the world's top-selling automaker on April 1 came just hours after Musk used a quarterly earnings call to declare that Tesla ...

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He is also the father of current CEO and President Akio Toyoda, who will step down from his role on April 1 to become chairman of the board. Current Lexus President Koji Sato is taking over as ...

Toyota share prices have plummeted by a very substantial 46% in the past nine months, costing the Toyoda family hundreds of millions of dollars. Soon-to-be company president Akio Toyoda's 4.6 ...

A subtle but obvious dig at Tesla CEO Elon Musk came from none other than Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda at CES 2025 yesterday, amid his keynote speech about the Woven City project in Japan.

In 2023, Akio Toyoda stepped back from day-to-day leadership of the company his grandfather founded, but he still holds an immense amount of sway at the automaker that sold more cars than anyone ...