Hiroshi Okuda

Hiroshi Okuda (奥田 碩 Okuda Hiroshi; born 29 December 1932) is a Japanese businessman who served as president of the Toyota Motor Corporation from 1995 to 1999 and as its chairman from 1999 to 2006.

Hiroshi Okuda was born in Mie Prefecture on 29 December 1932.

In 1998, Okuda was selected as a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Strategy Council.

[4] He also held the position of chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association from 2000 to 2002.

[2] Okuda is credited with seeing the need for hybrid cars early and pushing Toyota towards quickly bringing them to market.

Hiroshi Okuda in 2005
with Yasuo Fukuda (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on May 26, 2008)