|
Carlos Ghosn, KBE (born March 9, 1954) is a French-Lebanese-Brazilian〔Bordet, Marie and Karyn Poupée. ("Carlos Ghosn un Ovni chez Renault" ). ''Le Point''. Published March 28, 2005; modified January 17, 2007. (French)〕 businessman born in Porto Velho, Brazil, who is currently the Chairman and CEO of Paris-based Renault, Chairman and CEO of Japan-based Nissan, and Chairman of Russian 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 through to 2014, and as of 2014 is one of the top four automobile groups worldwide.〔(The Renault-Nissan Alliance reports record sales of 7,276,398 units in 2010 ). Renault-Nissan Alliance. January 28, 2011.〕〔("Renault-Nissan Alliance posts record sales in 2011 for third consecutive year" ). ''Renault.com''. February 1, 2012.〕〔(ALLIANCE FACTS & FIGURES 2013 ). Renault-Nissan Alliance. 2013.〕〔(ALLIANCE FACTS & FIGURES 2014 ). Renault-Nissan Alliance. 2014.〕 After his radical restructuring of Renault that returned the company to profitability in the late 1990s Ghosn became known as "Le Cost Killer".〔Litterick, David. ("'Le Cost Killer' faces toughest test" ). ''The Telegraph''. July 4, 2006.〕 In the early 2000s, for orchestrating one of the auto industry's most aggressive downsizing campaigns and spearheading the turnaround of Nissan from its near bankruptcy in 1999, he earned the nickname "Mr. Fix It". Following the Nissan financial turnaround, in 2002 ''Fortune'' awarded him Asia Businessman of the Year.〔Taylor III, Alex. ("Awards" ). ''Fortune''. February 18, 2002.〕〔("Ghosn forecasts record Nissan profit for FY 2001" ). Kyodo News International. February 25, 2002.〕 In 2003 ''Fortune'' identified him as one of the 10 most powerful people in business outside the U.S.,〔Loomis, Carol J. ("The 25 most powerful people in business" ). ''Fortune''. August 11, 2003.〕 and its Asian edition voted him Man of the Year.〔 Surveys jointly published by the ''Financial Times'' and PricewaterhouseCoopers named him the fourth most respected business leader in 2003,〔Gaspar, et al. (''Introduction to Business'' ). Houghton Mifflin, Cengage Learning, 2008. p. 258.〕 and the third most respected business leader in 2004 and in 2005.〔("The World's Most Respected Leaders: Do You Agree?" ). ''Fast Company''. November 23, 2004.〕〔Brooke, James. ("Nissan chief staying put" ). ''New York Times''. November 20, 2005.〕〔("WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED COMPANIES 2005" ). ''FinFacts.ie''. 2005.〕 He quickly achieved celebrity status in Japan and in the business world,〔Mackintosh, James. ("Carlos Ghosn: superstar car executive" ). ''Financial Times''. 19 November 2004.〕〔Mackintosh, James. ("A superstar leader in an industry of icons" ). ''Financial Times''. 16 December 2004.〕 and his life has been chronicled in a Japanese manga comic book. Ghosn has been asked to run at least two other automakers, General Motors and Ford.〔Hagiwara, Yuki. ("Nissan Says Ghosn May Step Down Before Next Business Plan" ). ''Bloomberg''. June 21, 2012.〕 His decision to spend €4 billion (more than $5 billion)〔Moffett, Sebastian. ("Nissan, Renault Place a Big Bet On Electric Cars" ). ''Wall Street Journal''. September 14, 2009.〕 so Renault and Nissan could jointly develop an entire lineup of electric cars including the Nissan Leaf, billed as "the world's first affordable zero-emission car",〔de Courson, Roland. ("Nissan Unveils 'Leaf' Electric Car" ). ''IndustryWeek''. August 2, 2009.〕〔(NISSAN UNVEILS "LEAF" - THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC CAR DESIGNED FOR AFFORDABILITY AND REAL-WORLD REQUIREMENTS ). Nissan Motor Corporation. August 2, 2009.〕 is one of the four subjects of the 2011 documentary ''Revenge of the Electric Car''. ==Early life and education== Ghosn's grandfather Bichara Ghosn emigrated from Lebanon to Brazil at the age of 13, eventually settling in remote Guaporé, Rondônia, near the border between Brazil and Bolivia.〔Ghosn, Carlos. (''SHIFT'' ). pp. 1–2.〕 Bichara Ghosn was an entrepreneur and eventually headed several companies, in fields including the rubber trade, the sale and purchase of agricultural products, and aviation.〔Ghosn, Carlos. (''SHIFT'' ). p. 3.〕 His son Jorge Ghosn married a Nigerian-born woman whose family also came from Lebanon,〔Ghosn, Carlos. (''SHIFT'' ). p. 4.〕 and they settled in the Rondônia capital of Porto Velho.〔Ghosn, Carlos. (''SHIFT'' ). p. 5.〕 Carlos Ghosn was born on March 9, 1954 in Porto Velho.〔〔(Renault Nissan. Carlos Ghosn: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Renault-Nissan Alliance ). IE University. ''IE.edu''. March 3, 2011.〕〔Ghosn, Carlos. (''SHIFT: Inside Nissan's Historic Revival'' ). Crown Publishing Group, 2006. Chapter 1 (excerpt).〕 When he was about two years old he became sick after drinking unsanitary water, and his mother moved with him to Rio de Janeiro.〔 He did not fully recover there, and in 1960, when Ghosn was six years old, he and his mother and sister moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where his grandmother lived.〔 Ghosn completed his secondary school studies in Lebanon, at the Jesuit school Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour. He then completed his classes préparatoires in Paris, at the Collège Stanislas and the Lycée Saint-Louis.〔Ghosn, Carlos. (''SHIFT'' ). p. 9.〕 He graduated with university engineering degrees from the École Polytechnique in 1974 and the École des Mines de Paris in 1978.〔〔(Carlos Ghosn ). LinkedIn.〕〔(Carlos Ghosn: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ). ''NissanUSA.com''. Retrieved November 22, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carlos Ghosn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|