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Takeshi Uchiyamada

Takeshi Uchiyamada

Japanese businessman (born 1946)

Takeshi Uchiyamada (内山田 竹志, Uchiyamada Takeshi, born August 17, 1946) is a Japanese businessman, who has been chairman of Toyota since 2013.[1]　He graduated from Nagoya University.[2] He is known as the "father of the Prius" for his role in leading the development of the Toyota Prius, the world's best-selling hybrid electric vehicle in history.[3][4][5]

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    "Toyota Motor to Pick Uchiyamada as Next Chairman, Nikkei Says". Bloomberg. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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    Takeshi Uchiyamada Chairman, Toyota Motor Corp / Bloomberg
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    Norihiko Shirouzu; Kentaro Sugiyama (2013-01-21). "Father of Prius hybrid set to become Toyota chairman: executives". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
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    Tajitsu, Naomi (2017-02-15). "Toyota sees plug-in hybrids catching on faster than conventional hybrids". Automotive News. Reuters. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
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    James Scoltock (2011-05-11). "Takehisa Yaegashi's foresight brought hybrids to the mainstream". AE Plus. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
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