Mazda is independent. It owns itself.
Ford sold part of its Mazda shareholding in the fourth quarter of 2008, cutting it from 33.4% to 13.78% and ending the period of Ford management that began when it raised its stake in 1996.
Where it sits
Nowhere. There is no level above this one.
Mazda
Also part-owned by
A stake that is not control, so it does not decide who owns it.
Toyota
5.07%
106 years, one owner since 1980
The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.
- 1920 Mazda dates its history from January 1920, when it was founded in Hiroshima as the cork maker Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- 2008 Ford sold part of its Mazda shareholding in the fourth quarter of 2008, cutting it from 33.4% to 13.78% and ending the period of Ford management that began when it raised its stake in 1996. Ford had never controlled Mazda: it accounted for the holding on an equity basis and did not consolidate Mazda, and from this sale it carried the remainder as marketable securities.
Mazda
1 marque
No company has ever controlled it. Ford held a large minority stake and managed it under an alliance without ever taking control, then sold out from 2008. Toyota holds a small stake and no seat.
Japan 1
Mazda