Albert Wessels
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Albert Wessels was a South Africa
n industrialist and the founder of Toyota South Africa.
Toyota South Africa can trace its roots back to 1961, when Wessels obtained a permit to import ten Toyopet Stout pickup truck
s (popularly known as bakkies
in South Africa) from Japan
. Toyota products proved to be very popular in South Africa and by 1968 Toyota had become the largest producer of commercial vehicles in the country; in the same year it was also chosen as "company of the year" by the South African financial press.
Albert Wessels was succeeded as chief executive officer
of Toyota South Africa by his son, Bert Wessels, in 1988; Bert also became the company's executive chairman on his father's death.
He married the South African poet Elisabeth Eybers
in 1937, but the couple - who had three daughters and a son - divorced in 1961. However, the Albert Wessels Trust continued to fund the Elisabeth Eybers Prize.
Wessels published an autobiography
, Farmer to Industrialist, in 1987.
Albert Wessels is also the name of a Dutch painter, born in Twente in 1938 http://www.kennemerkunst.nl/bio.asp?naam=167http://cms.a3.nl/cms/loader.php/nl/www.roskam.nl/analyse/00656/http://www.bunyanpress.co.uk/
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n industrialist and the founder of Toyota South Africa.
Toyota South Africa can trace its roots back to 1961, when Wessels obtained a permit to import ten Toyopet Stout pickup truck
Pickup truck
A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area .-Definition:...
s (popularly known as bakkies
Pickup truck
A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area .-Definition:...
in South Africa) from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Toyota products proved to be very popular in South Africa and by 1968 Toyota had become the largest producer of commercial vehicles in the country; in the same year it was also chosen as "company of the year" by the South African financial press.
Albert Wessels was succeeded as chief executive officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Toyota South Africa by his son, Bert Wessels, in 1988; Bert also became the company's executive chairman on his father's death.
He married the South African poet Elisabeth Eybers
Elisabeth Eybers
Elisabeth Françoise Eybers , was a South African poet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she has translated some of her own work into English....
in 1937, but the couple - who had three daughters and a son - divorced in 1961. However, the Albert Wessels Trust continued to fund the Elisabeth Eybers Prize.
Wessels published an autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
, Farmer to Industrialist, in 1987.
Albert Wessels is also the name of a Dutch painter, born in Twente in 1938 http://www.kennemerkunst.nl/bio.asp?naam=167http://cms.a3.nl/cms/loader.php/nl/www.roskam.nl/analyse/00656/http://www.bunyanpress.co.uk/