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• TRAGEDIES END BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE ALLIANCE WITH FORD
• FROM RELATIVE OBSCURITY TO GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
• A MORE AGGRESSIVE AND OPEN APPROACH
• "GROWTH, YES, BUT STRATEGIC, QUALITATIVE GROWTH"
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Chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Bridgestone Corporation

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: ca. 1943.

Career: Bridgestone Corporation, 1965–1983, various positions; Bridgestone/Firestone, 1983–1988, technical advisor; Bridgestone/Firestone Europe, 1988–2001, various positions; Bridgestone Corporation, 2001–, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.