TOYOTA

Founded			August 28, 1937

Founder(s)	Kiichiro Toyoda
Headquarters	Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Fujio Cho (Chairman and Representative Director) Akio Toyoda (President and Representative Director)
Products	Automobiles Financial Services
Production output	*7,308,039 units (FY2011)*
Revenue	¥18.99 trillion (FY2011) (US$235.89 billion)
Operating income	¥468.28 billion (FY2011) (US$5.82 billion)
Profit	¥408.18 billion (FY2011) (US$5.07 billion)
Total assets	¥29.818 trillion (FY2011) (US$370.3 billion)
Total equity	¥10.33 trillion (FY2011) (US$128.32 billion)
Employees	317,734 (2010)
Parent	Toyota Group
Divisions	Lexus Scion
Subsidiaries	522 (Toyota Group) Hino Motors, Ltd. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. Toyota Financial Services DENSO Toyota Industries
Website	Toyota Global

Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社 Toyota Jidōsha KK,

) commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.

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 Motor Corporation group companies are Toyota (including the Scion brand), Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino Motors, along with several "non-automotive" companies.TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.

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