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576: Ken Okuyama is the CEO of Ken Okuyama Design and also worked at GM, Porsche, Paninfarina designing the Enzo Ferrari.

576: Ken Okuyama is the CEO of Ken Okuyama Design and also worked at GM, Porsche, Paninfarina designing the Enzo Ferrari.

FromCars Yeah


576: Ken Okuyama is the CEO of Ken Okuyama Design and also worked at GM, Porsche, Paninfarina designing the Enzo Ferrari.

FromCars Yeah

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ken Okuyama is the CEO of Ken Okuyama Design in Yamagata, Japan. Ken was the Chief Design Director for General Motors, a Senior Designer for Porsche AG, and the Design Director for Pinifarina. Among his many automotive designs are the Ferrari Enzo and Maserati Quattroporte. He’s designed numerous projects including motorcycles, Furniture, robots, and architecture. In 2007 he founded his company where he and his team provide design consulting to companies around the globe in numerous industries. They also design and produce limited production automobiles, eyewear, and interior products under the Ken Okuyama brand. Ken is currently director of Yanmar Holdings Company Limited, he’s authored many books and he is a visiting professor at several universities.
Released:
Aug 16, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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CarsYeah podcast is a show hosted by Mark Greene. Mark is an incurable automotive enthusiast interviewing successful automotive entrepreneurs who live a lifestyle around their passion for automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and more. Let Mark take you on their journey, get under the hood, and provide some entrepreneurial inspiration. The show includes successes and failures, their incredible journey, plus the Last Lap where guests answer in quick blip-of-the-throttle answers. At the end there's a difficult Checkered Flag question. So sit down, buckle up and enjoy the ride!