Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn, KBEis a French-Lebanese-Brazilian businessman born in Porto Velho, Brazil, who is currently the Chairman and CEO of France-based Renault, and Chairman and CEO of Japan-based Nissan. From June 2013 to June 2016, Ghosn was Chairman of Russia-based automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ. Ghosn is also Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, the strategic partnership overseeing Nissan and Renault through a unique cross-shareholding agreement. The Alliance, which includes AvtoVAZ, has held approximately 10% of the global market share from 2010...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth9 March 1954
CityPorto Velho, Brazil
CountryBrazil
There are always lessons that can be learned from another manufacturer. You can learn from their successes and from their mistakes also. But you cannot replicate; you can only learn.
You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.
We are not particularly optimistic about the U.S. market in the next six months and next year.
We'll encourage our employees to make their decisions based on an existing experience,
We don't know where the markets are going, ... We have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the technology and jump when consumers start to think one way or the other.
We don't know where the markets are going,
We're going to see at best, stagnation in the market, ... Most of the growth will come from the developing countries.
We are going to see how things go year by year. We'll look at the situation in 2007, then 2008, and again in 2009.
We're interested in when the car goes into the showroom, what are people going to think?
In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.