Fujio Cho

 ( 1937 Births ) 

extra=born February 2, 1937 is a Japanese businessman who was formerly honorary chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation. Chō is the only second "outsider" to head Toyota Motor Co. since the members of the founding Eiji Toyoda family stepped aside in 1995.

He earned a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Tokyo in March 1960. "Fujio Cho" . Toyota Newsroom. Retrieved December 12, 2010. "Fujio Cho: President, Toyota Motor. BusinessWeek. June 9, 2003. Retrieved December 12, 2010. Chō joined the Toyota Motor Corporation in April 1960. Chō's previous titles include: managing director, senior managing director, vice president, president and vice chairman of the board. He previously worked as president in a subsidiary. Chō has been serving as chairman of the board and representative director of Toyota Motor Corporation from June 2006 to June 2013.

Chō has been a strong advocate of environmentally friendly automotive technology, such as the hybrid-electric Prius.

• Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon (November 2001) Toyota Chairmen: honours and decorations
• Officer of the Legion of Honor of France (May 2004)
• Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) (October 2006)
• Grand Decoration of Honor in Silver with Star of Austria (January 2009)
• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2009. "Over 4,000 Japanese, 61 foreigners picked for fall decorations", Japan Today. November 3, 2009; "秋の叙勲、森山元法相ら4024人に", Yomiuri Shimbun. November 3, 2009.
• Time magazine, 100 most influential people of 2004. "Time Names The World's Most Influential People" . Time. April 18, 2004. Retrieved December 12, 2010. "Few people have done more to perfect 'the Toyota Way' than chairman Hiroshi Okuda, 71, and president Fujio Cho, 67, writes Time's Jim Frederick. 'From the very beginning Toyota learned much from other carmakers. Sharing what we have discovered is a way to give back,' says Cho."