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Soichiro Honda
Honda Motors - (1906-1992) - Japan

"To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection." (Soichiro Honda)

Key Work

Soichiro Honda started in business as a car mechanic
Founds Tokai Seiki Heavy Industry (TSHI).
Cofounds Honda with Takeo Fujisawa.
D Type motorcycle - the Dream - manufactured and becomes the leading motorcycle manufacturer in Japan
Production of Cub begins.
Honda sports motorcycle team won the team prize at the Isle of Man TT races
Opens dealership in United States. Super Cub goes into production.
With excellent engineering and smart marketing (the fastest motorcycle) Honda becomes top-selling brand in United States outselling Harley-Davidson
The company went into the automobile business
More than Ten million Hondas sold in United States. with
Honda Accord car being one of the most popular and best selling models in the world
A mechanic who bypassed Japanese networking system or gakubatsa, and made his own way in business with no help from cronies.
He is one of the world's greatest industrialists

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