Yamaha Motor Co. to move U.S. HQ to Georgia

Yamaha Motor Co., which already has a big presence in Georgia, is about to get even bigger here after announced shift of home office from California.
Yamaha’s FSH Sport at the marina at the Miami International Boat Show on February 11, 2016. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Yamaha Motor Co., LTD )
After a half-century in California, an international motorsports company is moving its American home base to Georgia.
Yamaha Motor Co. announced it will relocate its U.S. headquarters to Kennesaw, where the Japanese company already operates a marine sports campus. The move will happen in stages through 2028 and will vacate Yamaha’s longtime corporate home near Los Angeles.
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The Yamaha Motor Co. headquarters in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Yamaha is backing hydrogen as a clean and viable option for reaching carbon neutrality and will develop it as a source of fuel, President and Chief Executive Officer Yoshihiro Hidaka said. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Yamaha rider Sergio Lafuente, of Uruguay, races across the dunes during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Calama and Iquique, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. (Victor R. Caivano/AP)
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Kim Speciale, left, Ben Speciale, president of Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit , Gov. Brian Kemp, first lady Marty Kemp, Mike Chrzanowski, Yamaha Motor Corporation’s US president, and Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling celebrate the official grand opening of the Yamaha Marine Innovation Center in Kennesaw on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The facility is dedicated to creating the next generation in outdoor sport connected technology and is specifically recruiting local university students for engineering and technical jobs. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)
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