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Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Toyota Motor Industry: Automotive

Kenta Kon spent years as Akio Toyoda’ s personal secretary before crunching numbers as Toyota’ s CFO. Appointed President and CEO in April 2026, he became the first finance-bred outsider to lead the company since 2009. He now applies his financial discipline to steering the world’ s largest automaker through electrification and rising profit pressures.

Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Uber Industry: Technology / Transportation

Dara Khosrowshahi has led Uber since 2017, having previously served as chief executive of Expedia Group for over a decade. He is credited with restoring institutional credibility following a period of crisis, strengthening corporate governance and steering the company through its 2019 initial public offering towards sustained profitability. businesschief. com 27