Who owns it?
Built and owned by JP Japan, 1920 · never sold

Mazda is independent. It owns itself.

Ford cut its shareholding in Mazda to 13.8%, giving up the controlling stake it had held since 1996.

Where it sits

Nowhere. There is no level above this one.

Mazda
JP Fuchu, Hiroshima Mazda Motor Corporation 7261.T the chain ends here
The top

Also part-owned by

A stake that is not control, so it does not decide who owns it.

Toyota JP Toyota City 5.07%

106 years, one owner

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 1920 Mazda dates its history from January 1920, when it was founded in Hiroshima as the cork maker Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd.
  2. 2008 Ford cut its shareholding in Mazda to 13.8%, giving up the controlling stake it had held since 1996.
Mazda 1 marque

Independent since Ford gave up control in 2008. Toyota holds a small stake and no seat.

Japan 1
Mazda Fuchu, Hiroshima