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
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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.
We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. There is so much uncertainty.
The combination of growth and cost reduction will allow Nissan to achieve a consolidated operating profit of 4.5 percent of sales by 2002.
We're going to see at best, stagnation in the market, ... Most of the growth will come from the developing countries.
We are going to see how things go year by year. We'll look at the situation in 2007, then 2008, and again in 2009.
We're interested in when the car goes into the showroom, what are people going to think?
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.
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.
I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
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.
Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.