Draft:Hiromi Yamaguchi

Hiromi Yamaguchi (山口 洋) is Japanese businessperson, After working in corporate sales and M&A at Daiwa Securities, he started a limited company J Planning (later Co., Ltd. JP Holdings).

He earned a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Tokyo in March 1960. 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.

Honors

 * Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon (November 2001)
 * 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.
 * Time magazine, 100 most influential people of 2004.