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Former CEO of Scandal-Plagued Airbag Maker Takata Dies at 60

Bloomberg Markets·October 16, 2026·1 min read

Shigehisa Takada, former CEO of Takata Corp., the Japanese airbag maker that collapsed into bankruptcy after the largest recall in automotive history, has died at age 60. His leadership saw the company engulfed in scandal over faulty airbag inflators linked to multiple deaths worldwide.

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