Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: Hepburn: Toyota

Jidsha KK , IPA: [tojota], /tot/) is a Japaneseautomotive manufacturer headquartered

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in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In March 2014 the multinational corporation consisted of 338,875
employees worldwide[4] and, as of November 2014, is the twelfth-largest company in the world
by revenue. Toyota was the largest automobile manufacturer in 2012 (by production) ahead of
the Volkswagen Group and General Motors.[6] In July of that year, the company reported the
production of its 200-millionth vehicle.[7] Toyota is the world's first automobile manufacturer to
produce more than 10 million vehicles per year. It did so in 2012 according to OICA, [6] and in
2013 according to company data.[8] As of July 2014, Toyota was the largest listed company in
Japan by market capitalization (worth more than twice as much as #2-ranked SoftBank)[9]and
by revenue.[10]
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his
father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while
still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and, in
1936, its first passenger car, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under
5 brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Scion. It also holds a 51.2%
stake in Daihatsu, a 16.66% stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, and a 0.27%
stake in Tesla, as well as joint-ventures with two in China (GAC Toyota and Sichuan FAW
Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar), one in the Czech Republic (TPCA), along with
several "nonautomotive" companies.[11] TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest
conglomerates in the world

Corporate governance[edit]
Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi.[4] The main headquarters of Toyota is located in a
four-story building in Toyota. As of 2006 the head office has the "Toyopet" Toyota logo and the
words "Toyota Motor". The Toyota Technical Center, a 14-story building, and the Honsha plant,
Toyota's second plant engaging in mass production and formerly named the Koromo plant, are
adjacent to one another in a location near the headquarters. Vinod Jacob from The
Hindu described the main headquarters building as "modest". [12] In 2013 company head Akio
Toyoda reported that it had difficulties retaining foreign employees at the headquarters due to
the lack of amenities in the city.[13]
Its Tokyo office is located in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Its Nagoya office is located in Nakamuraku, Nagoya.[4] In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial
services through its Toyota Financial Services division, and also builds robots.

Akio Toyoda, CEO of Toyota, at the annual results press conference, May 11, 2011

Toyota's global network:

Red - Japan
Green - Official dealership(s) present.
Blue - Localized manufacturing plant(s)
Light Blue - Regional headquarters (HQ)
Dark Blue - Regional headquarters (HQ) and localized manufacturing plants

Typical breakdown of sales by region

President of Toyota Motor Company:

Rizaburo Toyoda (19371941)

Kiichiro Toyoda (19411950)

Taizo Ishida (19501961)

Fukio Nakagawa (19611967)

Eiji Toyoda (19671981)

Shoichiro Toyoda (1982-1992)

Tatsuro Toyoda (1992-1995)

Hiroshi Okuda (1995-1999)

Fujio Cho (1999-2005)

Katsuaki Watanabe (2005-2009)