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
Carlos Ghosn quotes about
Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.
We are facing extreme volatility.
I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.
Is Europe going to be breaking? I don't think so. I think the euro will stay. I think at the end of the day Europeans will find the solutions in order to hold Europe together.
China will be the answer to Japan's problems.
Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
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
I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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.
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.
India is definitely one of the markets where we can expect growth and a potential to do well.