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Automotive Industries, May, 1999 by Norman Martin
Who is Fujio Cho? He's the new president of Toyota Motor Corp. The 62-year-old Cho ran Toyota's U.S. manufacturing operation for six years, including setting up the company's Kentucky plant from scratch. "When I went to the United States, them was nothing," Cho says. He joined Toyota in 1960 and previously served as executive vice president.
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Cho replaces Hiroshi Okuda, 66, who will become chairman, a high-flying title but in Japan a position considered less responsible than president. The blunt-speaking and growth-oriented Okuda served four years as president.
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