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
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.
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.
I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.
The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.
Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.
Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.
It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.