Rizaburo Toyoda

Risaburo Toyoda (豊田利三郎, Toyoda Risaburō^[1], March 5, 1884 – June 3, 1952) was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd founder Sakichi Toyoda, and brother-in-law of Toyota Motor Corporation founder, Kiichiro Toyoda (豊田喜一郎, Toyoda Kiichirō, June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952) His original surname was Kodama (児玉).

He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (then Tokyo Koto Shogyo Gakko) .In 1939, he became the first president of the Toyota Motor Corporation.^[2] He died at the age of 68 in 1952.

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Shirouzu, Norihiko. "Toyota Family Member Vies for the Top Job," Wall Street Journal. December 24, 2008.
International Directory of Business Biographies: Shoichiro Toyoda
Shirouzu, Norihiko and John Murphy. "Toyota to Change Leader Amid Global Sales Slump." Wall Street Journal. December 24, 2008.
Kubo, Nobuhiro and Chang-Ran Kim. "Toyota confirms Akio Toyoda as New President," Reuters. June 23, 2009.

Business positions
Preceded by -	CEO of Toyota Industries Corporation 1926–1948	Succeeded by Taizo Ishida
Preceded by -	CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation 1937–1941	Succeeded by Kiichiro Toyoda

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[1] 豊田利三郎とよだりさぶろう　デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説(Japanese)

[2] 豊田利三郎トヨダリサブロウ世紀日本人名事典の解説(Japanese)

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