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
At the moment it is an investment because it is getting good results. The important thing is to see how we make the most of those results and transform it into commercial success. At the moment Formula One is an investment that is paying off for Renault. What we can say is that for the next few years it is an investment.
Nissan needs a competitive car to sell in some countries. The deal will be good for Nissan and also for Renault Samsung.
Nissan needs a competitive car to sell in some countries, ... The deal will be good for Nissan and also for Renault Samsung.
not for the good of Renault, but for the good of Nissan.
It was spooky silent for the first few minutes ... We've been expecting this for a couple of months now, so it wasn't a shock, but it wasn't good news.
As long as we perform at the top level there will not be so much question about our future in F1. There are questions about the format of the sport from 2008, but if we consider that the resolutions to these questions are good, and still receive a good return on our investment, then we should be there.
As long as it is a good investment for Renault, we'll stay.
We're going to be facing in 2006, 2007, I'd say at best stagnation. It's an industry where you have to move all the time. You have to question yourself all the time. You have to challenge the way you're doing business all the time.
Even though hybrids are a solution, they're not the solution.
Russia is an important part of our global growth strategy.
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.
At the end of September, we declared the revival of Nissan complete, ... Nissan continues to move at the right pace in the right direction.
We are the car manufacturer who grew the most, not only in growth rate but in absolute numbers, which was very rewarding ... since we were not on the front line of the incentive game,
I was the only guy standing in front of the tide.