Sakichi Toyoda

Japanese inventor and industrialist

Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉, Toyoda Sakichi; March 19, 1867 – October 30, 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who founded Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (later Toyota Industries). The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later establish Japan's largest automaker, Toyota.

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