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| Type | Public (TYO:7203) & (NYSE:TM) |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Founder(s) | Kiichiro Toyoda |
| Headquarters | Toyota City, Aichi, Japan; |
| Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | |
| Revenue | ▼ US$208.995 billion (2009) |
| Operating income | ▼ US$-4.69 billion (2009) |
| Net income | ▼ US$-4.45 billion (2009) |
| Total assets | ▼ US$295.86 billion (2009) |
| Total equity | ▼ US$102.425 billion (2009) |
| Employees | 316,121 |
| Subsidiaries | 522 |
| Website | www.toyota.co.jp/en/ |
Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社 Toyota Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha?, TYO: 7203), commonly known simply as Toyota, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan. At its peak, Toyota employed approximately 320,000 people worldwide. It is the world's largest automobile maker by sales.
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 also owns and operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority shareholding stake in Daihatsu and Hino Motors, and minority shareholdings in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu Motors, Yamaha Motors, and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. The company includes 522 subsidiaries.
Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi and in Tokyo. In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its Toyota Financial Services division and also builds robots. Toyota Motor Corporation (including Toyota Financial Services) and Toyota Industries form the bulk of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
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