Hiroshi Okuda, who led Toyota's rise in global markets, dies at 93

Hiroshi Okuda, who served as Toyota Motor's president and later chairman in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died at 93. Okuda was a rare outsider to lead the Japanese automaker, which was often headed by a founding-family member. He helped cement Toyota's position as a global automaker. The date and cause of his death were not immediately available.