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Eiji Toyoda (豊田 英二, Toyoda Eiji, 12 September 1913 – 17 September 2013) [1] was a Japanese industrialist. He was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and worldwide prominence during his tenure as president and later, as chairman. [2] He was succeeded as the president of Toyota by Shoichiro Toyoda.
Sep 17, 2013 · TOKYO — Eiji Toyoda, who as a member of Toyota Motor’s founding family and an architect of its “lean manufacturing” method helped turn the automaker into a global powerhouse and changed the face...
Sep 17, 2013 · TOKYO (AP) — Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota’s founding family who helped create the super-efficient “Toyota Way” production method, has died. He was 100.
Eiji Toyoda guided Toyota Motor Company into the global automotive market. Born in 1913 in Nagoya, Japan, Toyoda attended the University of Tokyo and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1936.
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, a family scion who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.’s aggressive push into the U.S. auto market, has died. He was 100. Toyoda, a cousin of the Japanese automaker’s founder Kiichiro...
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.’s expansion in the United States as the automaker’s longest-serving president, died Sept. 17 in Toyota City, Japan. He was 100.
Sep 18, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda was president and later chairman of Toyota. The family name is T-O-Y-O-D-A. Toyoda played a key role in the company going worldwide, especially Toyota's move into the U.S....
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, who helped steer Toyota Motor Corp's global rise and pioneered the automaker's vaunted production system, died on Tuesday, the Japanese automaker said. He was 100.
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, a member of Japanese automaker Toyota's founding family who helped create the super-efficient "Toyota Way" production method, has died. He was 100.
Sep 21, 2013 · TOKYO — Eiji Toyoda, who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.’s expansion in the United States as the automaker’s longest- serving president, has died. He was 100. Mr. Toyoda died Tuesday of heart...