Carlos Ghosn Net Worth

Short introduction

Carlos Ghosn (born March 9, 1954 in Porto Velho, Brazil) – French manager of Lebanese descent, former president and CEO of Renault and Nissan; Head of Strategic Alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi. Known as a very good Nissan crisis manager.

Early life

Since 1978 he has worked in Michelin, manages the Brazilian and North American division and is a general director for the production of tires and passenger car tires for light commercial vehicles. Since December 1996 – Renault Executive Vice President. In June 1999, he joined Nissan as Director of Production and later became the President’s President (June 2000) and CEO (June 2001). During his time in Nissan, he was nicknamed “Cost Murderer” because the program he implemented allowed the company to cut costs significantly. Since April 29, 2005, he has also been the President and CEO of Renault. Since June 28, 2012 – Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Avtovaz OJSC. In 2013-2016 he was the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the AVTovaz OJSC and then transferred this position to Sergey Skvortsov, Top Rostec manager. Carlos Ghosn gained $ 12.5 million in 2011-2012 and became the top manager with the highest paid in Japan. At the same time, Ghosn’s income as the Head of Renault in France was 9 million euros.

Career highlights

On November 19, 2018, Japanese and International news media reported that Carlos Ghosn volunteered to the Tokyo Public Prosecutor’s Office and was arrested. At the same time, Nissan Motor Co. Releases press releases containing information about the embezzlement of long -term information about company income on the stock exchange, an overview and disguise of management income and the use of company assets by top managers for personal goals. The main causes of violations are Carlos Ghosn and Greg Kelly. The company announced that the board of directors would be asked about the dismissal of Ghosn and also apologized to shareholders. All of this resulted in a 12% decline in the company’s shares. Renault also removed Ghosn from management on January 24, 2019. On March 6, 2019, Carlos Ghosn was released with a guarantee of 1 billion yen (around $ 9 million) from prison in Tokyo. On April 8, Carlos Ghosn was expelled from the Nissan Council.

On December 30, 2019, Carlos Ghosn was quietly taken from Japan in a box of musical instruments and passed the border and procedure of customs with a private plane on Istanbul to Lebanon, where he violated the condition of the capture of a house with his French passport. One of his Japanese lawyers told the press that all Passports Director – Lebanese, France and Brazilian passports were stored by Ghosn defenders at any time. As of December 31, Ghosn issued a short press release with the following statement:

I am now in Lebanon and I am no longer considered a hostage against the Japanese fake justice system, where guilt has been determined beforehand, discrimination is widespread and basic human rights are rejected. I have no intention of hiding from the court – I have escaped injustice and political persecution. Now I can finally communicate freely with the media and look forward to early next week.