Akio Toyoda, the current president of Toyota Motor Corporation, has recently been in the news due to misconduct scandals and production halts within the company and its group companies. This was triggered by the discovery of irregularities in engine certification tests, leading to investigations and raids by Japanese transport officials on Toyota group company plants suspected of cheating on testing.
Born on May 3, 1956, Akio Toyoda is a Japanese business executive with a notable family background in the industry. He is the great-grandson of Sakichi Toyoda, a renowned Japanese industrialist, and the grandson of the founder of Toyota Motor Corporation, Kiichiro Toyoda. Akio Toyoda has been at the helm of Toyota since 2009, steering the company through various challenges and successes in the automotive industry.