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
Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.
As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.
What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.
I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.
Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.
At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited.
When you start thinking about leaving, choose your moment carefully. Go out while you’re still on top, not when you’re no longer in control of events.
I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.
Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.