The honorary chairman served as Toyota president from 1982 to 1992 and oversaw the automaker’s manufacturing growth in the US.
Shoichiro’s son Akio Toyoda recently announced he would step aside from his term as Toyota’s president.One of Toyota’s most prominent leaders, Shoichiro Toyoda, has died.
The son of the company founder Kiichiro Toyoda and father of the recently retired president Akio Toyoda, it’s safe to say that Shoichiro Toyoda has left a stamp on the automaker’s legacy. He passed away on February 14, from heart failure, at age 97.
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