Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)

Thank you to Babson for inviting me here today.

President Healey, Chair Capozzi, Provost Rice, Dean Rollag, members of the governing boards, parents, spouses, friends, and babies, and my fellow graduates, it is my extreme honor to speak to you today

at Babson College celebrate its hundredth anniversary.

And may I be among the first to congratulate this very special class of 2019.

So let me get right to the point.

I know that some of you may be sitting there stressed out about where you will work after graduation.

You may be wondering what company will offer your job.

Well let me take the worry off the table for you right now and offer each and every one of you a job at Toyota!

I haven't actually cleared that with my HR department yet but I'm sure we will be ok.

So now that the employment issue has been solved, let's talk about more important things.