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
Russia has been a very successful market for Nissan and we see great prospects for the future. Russia is an important part of our global growth strategy. This investment demonstrates our confidence in the high potential of the Russian economy.
Our goal is to move as many people as possible to the new location. Fifty percent of current employees would be the best possible result.
Demand is down heavily, ... Now that consumers are being convinced little by little that high oil prices are here to stay, they will be shifting their attitude on the market.
Nissan is no stranger to Tennessee. Our understanding of the business climate here has been formed by 25 years of experience,
As long as it is a good investment for Renault, we'll stay.
The bonanza that existed, where you only had two or three automakers with high prices, isn't going to come back,
What we are foreseeing is the situation of the market is not going to be fundamentally different than in 2004,
We think there is a real threat that logically we could be brought to the conclusion that the best investment is not in Sunderland, but maybe somewhere on the (European) continent,
Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.
You need to make sure that you are where you think you are indispensable. And dedicate your task to that,
If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.